"I want to be your personal penguin. Please?"

-- Sandra Boynton

#Penguins Quotes #Want Quotes #Please Quotes

“Other than his ex-wife and despite appearances with a series of cultivated blondes, Edward de Bono has never publicly aligned himself with a woman. 'Iâ€™m looking for a fat, cross-eyed hunchback,' he explains, stifling a giggle. 'A prosthetic hump would do.' His delight evaporates when asked about his three grandchildren. 'Am I a doting grandfather?' He pauses. 'Iâ€™m a â€¦ something grandfather, yes.' The fact that De Bono remains unperturbed by this lack betrays an emotionally austere childhood, and hisÂ passions for play, toys, and bad jokes tell of the same deprivation.Â ”
“The sweetness of this life is found in remembering Allah; the sweetness of the next life will be found in seeing Him.”
“I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.”
“You cannot be a man of faith and live in a day. You do not live in a day if you are a man of faith.”
“Courage, energy and patience are the virtues which appeal to my heart.”
“The American Cancer Society tried to ruin my research foundation.”
“Impatience is not wanting to understand that you don't understand.”
“you may imagine me the very shadow of my husband.”

Source : Dolley Madison (1886). “Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Madison: Wife of James Madison, President of the United States”, Boston ; New York, Houghton, Mifflin

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