"I like you a lot. Because youâ€™re funny and smart and because you seem to like me. I know thatâ€™s not a good reason, but I canâ€™t help it; if a girl likes me I tend to like her back [...] I like you for all this stuff but I also kind of like you for the cuts on your faceâ€”"

-- Ned Vizzini

#Girl Quotes #I Like You Quotes #Smart Quotes

“....there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.”

Source : James Burgh (1774). “Political Disquisitions: Or, An Enquiry Into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses”, p.476
“My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.”
“I am fierce for work. Without work I am nothing.”
“I had a teacher who said something great. That was, 'Go out and collect your nos. Once you get fifty nos then you can start wondering when you can get a yes.' He said, 'It is not your job to get the job; its your job to do a consistent body of work. So, every time you go in there, just go in there and be consistent, and eventually it will get noticed and someone will hire you.'”
“Happy hour is slightly different in the Soviet Union. There are no ice cubes or orange-peel twists in the vodka. Also, it lasts all day.”
“Expectations tend to be self-fulfilling.”
“Nobody has a good name in a bad mouth. Nobody has a good name in a silly mouth either.”

Source : Booth Tarkington (2013). “The Essential Booth Tarkington Collection”, p.2178, eBookIt.com
“Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished.”

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