"I eat till, honest, I felt every button on all my clo'es. The folks where we were stayin' were the old-fashioned hospitable kind; they didn't let you off till your jaws struck work and wouldn't wag no more."

-- Laura E. Richards

#Buttons Quotes #Wags Quotes #Honest Quotes

“The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.”
“Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.”
“Soccer and sports are entertainment ... You can't call Beethoven's 9th Symphony or a work of Shakespeare `entertainment.' It's not `entertainment.' It's culture.”
“Companies shouldn't use the law to prevent consumers from doing something legal.”

Source : "DVD Jon lands dream job stateside" by Annalee Newitz, www.wired.com. October 18, 2005.
“Just in general, when we look at our school system, there is so much overlap with our criminal justice system in terms of our low-income youth.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“My mother doesn't cook; my grandmother didn't cook. Her kids were raised by servants. They would joke about Sunday night dinner. It was the only night she would cook, and apparently it was just horrendous, like scrambled eggs and Campbell's soup.”
“She leaned into my shoulder. "Maybe you don't have to be a Caster to have power." I pushed her hair behind her ear. "Maybe you just have to fall for one.”
“Everyone thought that the Spurs would run through us and everyone is talking about the Spurs vs. the Suns in the conference finals. This team has a lot of heart and a lot of pride.”

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