"... in the nineteen-thirties ... the most casual reader of murder mysteries could infallibly detect the villain, as soon as there entered a character who had recently washed his neck and did not commit mayhem on the English language."

-- Ellen Glasgow

#Character Quotes #Nineteen Quotes #Necks Quotes

“Sometimes it's important to vote - you know, to make a statement, to make a point; certainly, many of us who were involved in the Nader campaign in 2000 felt that way.”
“Even if my grandchildren donâ€™t remember the fact that I scored 10,000 runs in Test and ODI cricket, I am confident that they will remember that Sachin Tendulkar used to be my team-mate.”
“I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people.”
“If the creatures with fur/feathers/fins are our brothers in a lower stage of development then their very weakness and inability to protest, demands that man should refrain from torturing them for the mere possibility of obtaining some knowledge which he believes may be to his own interest.”
“Even if animal experiments did result in a cure for AIDS, of which there is no chance, I'd be against it on moral grounds.”
“I don't think Hank's home run record will ever be broken. There's no way.”
“Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.”
“Some people suffer from the green-eyed monster called envy.”

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