J. A. Baker famous quotes

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  • The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.

  • I am putting together a secular bible. My Genesis is when the apple falls on Newton's head.

  • I don't know much, but I know I love you... that may be all there is to know.

  • In all her twisted perfection she had made me fall helplessly in love with her. A life without her in it seemed pointless.

  • I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.

  • Sarah took a deep breath and set off along the passageway again. A clump of lichen on the gatepost opened its eyes and watched her go. The eyes, on tendrils, had an anxious look, and when she had gone some distance away the clump, swiveling its eyes toward each other, commenced to gossip among itself. Most of it disapproved of the direction she had taken. You could tell that from the way the eyes looked meaningfully into each other. Lichen knows about directions.

  • On June 10, the worst storm in the series swept across the middle of the Indian Ocean and Wild Eyes was directly in its path.

  • Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

  • We need a way of life in which the animal, guided by reason, may romp but will not bite.

  • Please also remember the pitiful gasping/thirsty little mouths/ beaks in summer. They'll appreciate abundant/fresh/cool/clean/ water! Food they can get easily in parks/sidewalks!