quotes about Paine

“When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.”

“The farmer's way of saving money: to be owed by someone he trusted.”

Source : Hugh Maclennan (2009). “Two Solitudes”, p.119, New Canadian Library

“If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it”

“What did you write on here? ‘Don’t die’?” “No, I wrote, ‘Don’t be an asshole!’”I headed for the house. “On yours or mine?” “On yours.” “Well, in that case, your magic isn’t working. I’m still an asshole.”

“Oh yeah? What did you have last night?" "Turkey sandwich on wheat. With a pickle." "And the night before?" "Turkey sandwich on wheat. No pickle." She giggled. "What was the last hot meal you cooked?" He pretended to rack his brains. "Uh...beans and franks. On Monday.”

“Just keep stirring the pot, you never know what will come up.”

“you boys can keep your virgins give me hot old women in high heels with ***** that forgot to get old.”

“... I suddenly woke up to the fact that if I accepted anybody's definition of what there was in the world, I would be limited.”

“Cracking the Ice scores the literary equivalent of a hat-trick: funny, harrowing and finally, heartfelt. This book is a winner.”

“I get more people approaching me about how good I was in 'Napoleon Dynamite' than being in Coldplay.”