Dean Powell Quotes

Lauren," Kenzie managed finally as she dramatically fanned herself, and then me. "You did not just meet him last night."
"No really," I said when I could speak. "He kind of swept me off my feet. Literally. ~ Lily Paradis

You and your rugged sexuality better scoot over," I whispered. "Unless you want to be responsible for making me pass out on this plane. I'm not sure that flight attendant knows CPR."
"It's okay," he said, lowering his lips all the way to my ear so they touched my skin when he spoke. "I'm really good at mouth-to-mouth."
Holy shit. ~ Lily Paradis

Nope," I said, closing my eyes. I should probably go back to sleep. That sounded like a good idea. "I'm pretty sure it's Dean's rugged sexuality interfering with the machines. ~ Lily Paradis

He was wearing glasses. Who was he, Clark Kent? No one looked this good all the time. It just wasn't possible. ~ Lily Paradis

I'm so proud of you," I said over her shoulder. "I'm so proud of you that I'm going to stop at the store on my way home."
Callie pulled back. "Why?"
"Because," I told her. "I'm going to bake you a cake."
"You suck at baking," she said.
This was true.
"Okay," I said, "I'm going to buy you a cake."
"Cool. ~ Lily Paradis

I never wanted to kiss anyone more than I did when Dean Powell opened his beautiful, sleepy eyes and looked at me. ~ Lily Paradis

Dean: God exists without qualms. As we roll along this way, I am positive beyond doubt that everything will be taken care of for us - that even you, as you drive, fearful of the wheel - the thing will go along of itself and you won't go off the road and I can sleep. ~ Jack Kerouac

I'm also part of the great conspiracy of global scientists to promote the myths of climate change, evolution, vaccination, and a spherical earth. After all, there's nobody on earth wealthier and more powerful than scientists, and they can't risk losing this exalted position by people finding out how the world really works. ~ Dean Burnett

Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds. ~ John Powell

I sing and play guitar and harmonica. I've been doing it for a long time. ~ Harry Dean Stanton

A FRIGHTENED, ANGRY, FOUR-HUNDRED-POUND, antisocial chef with a combat shotgun never leads to anything good. ~ Dean Koontz

It's never the right time to take a particular stand. ~ Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option. ~ Dean Smith

Short work of fiction by Jorge Luis Borges, "The Library of Babel." Imagine an infinite number of rooms, stacked atop one another, in which are stored not only all the books ever written but also all the books that ever will be, each of them in every dialect of every language known to mankind and of every language yet to be learned or formed in days to come. In addition, there is a book of the life of everyone who has ever lived or will live, and an infinite number of other volumes of all genres and purposes that could be imagined. There are books that make no sense and books that seem to make sense but perhaps do not. And the sheer quantity ensures that no one can read a sufficient percentage of it to arrive at an explanation of the library, life, or anything else. Bibi ~ Dean Koontz

Lots of people are unable to see all kinds of truths right in front of their eyes."
"The world is what we make it, and our future is ours to shape. ~ Dean Koontz

He was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty. ~ Walter Dean Myers

There is no adult terror equivalent to what an innocent child experiences when first confronted with the truth that evil is not merely a figment of fairy tales, that it walks the world in countless forms, and that what it seeks most aggressively is the destruction of the innocent. ~ Dean Koontz

Quick now, here, now, always, as if we are in a condition of complete simplicity ... ~ Dean Koontz

Any old coach will say the game was meant for finesse. It's a beautiful game, especially on television. ~ Dean Smith

Thinking back to boyhood days, I remember the bright sun on Harlem streets, the easy rhythms of black and brown bodies, the sounds of children streaming in and out of red brick tenements. ~ Walter Dean Myers

George Bush calls his biggest fundraisers Rangers and Pioneers. We gather here today and we call ourselves simply Americans. ~ Howard Dean

Everyone knows the manner in which some specific name will recur several times in quick succession from different quarters; part of that inexplicable magic throughout life that makes us suddenly think of someone before turning a street corner and meeting him, or her, face to face. In the same way, you may be struck, reading a book, by some obscure passage or lines of verse, quoted again, quite unexpectedly, twenty-four hours later. ~ Anthony Powell

If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones. ~ Dean Kamen

He did not put his feelings down to simple xenophobia. Basically, he hadn't expected the alien to be so completely alien. ~ Alan Dean Foster

Roots like an oak tree, Barney." He ~ Dean Koontz

People care about the unutterable awe of American heroes stabbing into the heavens on columns of fire. ~ Margaret Lazarus Dean

I loved George Carlin and Dean Martin. I was one of those kids who had every comedy album. ~ Stephen Colbert

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions. ~ Enoch Powell

He argued that conservatives should control the political debate at its source by demanding "balance" in textbooks, television shows, and news coverage. Donors, he argued, should demand a say in university hiring and curriculum and "press vigorously in all political arenas." The key to victory, he predicted, was "careful long-range planning and implementation," backed by a "scale of financing available only through joint effort." Powell ~ Jane Mayer

I always enjoyed the kids, but I didn't enjoy the bureaucracy of the educational system. ~ Dean Koontz

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them. ~ Dean Inge

My morning ritual is to get up and feed the dogs, take my daughter to school, and come home. ~ Richard Dean Anderson

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people. ~ Dean Kamen

The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you. ~ Dean Norris

There is a crisis involving reading in certain communities. ~ Walter Dean Myers

This is a struggle of good and evil. And we're the good. ~ Howard Dean

Bill Rehnquist makes Barry Goldwater look like a liberal. ~ John Dean

Let's be gentle with ourselves and each other and fierce as we fight oppression. ~ Dean Spade

Uneasy lies the head that wears a Knighthood ~ Dean Cavanagh

If you were picky about who you worked with in the Wild North, you'd be quickly left with no one to choose. You could try to pick the best of them, but you'd have to dig them up first. ~ Dean F. Wilson

Procrastination is motivation to do the wrong thing. ~ Dean Burnett