quotes about Old Days

“When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution, the pig makes a commitment.”

Source : "Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now". Book by Jim Jackson, January 5, 2005.

“For singing till his heaven fills, 'Tis love of earth that he instills, And ever winging up and up, Our valley is his golden cup, And he the wine which over flows To lift us with him as he goes.”

“Let all the poison that lurks in the mud, hatch out.”

Source : Robert Graves, Richard Francis (2000). “I, Claudius ; and, Claudius the god”, Carcanet Press Ltd.

“It is through drawing that masters are first revealed, through drawing that they live and prove their value, whatever variations they may impose on their talent.”

“A preposition is a word You mustn't end a sentence with!”

“At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.”

“Hillary does nothing without careful calculation. She knows that politicians - provided they have real power - who bash entire industries tend to raise huge dollars from individuals in those industries. Certain types of politicians are drawn to this marketing technique because they think the 'bashing' also can be held up as proof that they are not being corrupted. This scheme is called 'putting the squeeze on.' Does that phrase remind you of anything?”

“Change begets change.”

“After all, there is nothing but failure.”

“Don't cry." "How can I not?" I asked him. "You just said you loved me." "Well, why else did you think all of this was happening?" He set the book aside to wrap his arms around me. "The Furies wouldn't be trying to kill you if I didn't love you." "I didn't know," I said. Tears were trickling down my cheeks, but I did nothing to try to stop them. His shirt was absorving most of them. "You never said anything about it. Every time I saw you, you just acted so... wild." "How was I supposed to act?" he asked. "You kept doing things like throwing tea in my face.”