Holly Jefferson Quotes

Ryan was a nose away from the tallest cake on display, a six-foot-high chocolate masterpiece Jesse and I had created for this year's fairs. Detailed water nymph's interspersed with insects and toadstools, all sculpted by hand in rich dark chocolate. ~ Anouska Knight

If there was a dress that could make a fashion-appreciative girl out of me, this was it. The colors shimmered from gunmetal to pewter, reminding me of frost on the hedgerows where the light caught. The V of the neck decoratively dipped towards what Martha told me was an empty line, where organza, the color of stormy skies, fell all the way to the floor. ~ Anouska Knight

Obedience is fickle that way. It's a virtue to its master but a vice to its slaves. ~ Holly Bodger

I do not have endless patience," Balekin growls.
"Cultivate it," Cardan says, and with a small bow, he navigates us away from Balekin and Madoc. ~ Holly Black

I'm glad people think that I can do well. I always say I would rather that be the scenario than on the other end of it saying, 'We thought she'd be real crappy.' I'll take the side that I'm on. I'll take that people think that I'm going to do well; they have faith in me and believe in me, and that makes me feel stronger. ~ Holly Holm

Of course, you're always a cynic before you fall in love yourself... ~ Holly Bourne

Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Trial by jury is part of the bright constellation which leads to peace, liberty and safety. ~ Thomas Jefferson

But the differences between the two races, especially that of colour, led Jefferson to advocate the total removal of the Negroes, after emancipation, "beyond the reach of mixture." My dear Miss Sally Hemings, has the man no shame? ~ Randall Robinson

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Now I will avow, that I then believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God; and that those principles of liberty are as unalterable as human nature and our terrestrial, mundane system. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I swear to fucking God, I will spray you again, ~ Holly Black

Because you're like a story that hasn't happened yet. Because I want to see what you will do. I want to be part of the unfolding of the tale. ~ Holly Black

Thomas Jefferson explained, Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.. If Congress can determine what constitutes the general welfare and can appropriate money for its advancement, where is the limitation to carrying into execution whatever can be effected by money?. ~ Bill Drayton

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I've never had a career of that kind of box office power. I've always learned the hard way. ~ Holly Hunter

The constitution of most of the states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed and that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of the press. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas. ~ Rachael Harris

Paul was the first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Just before his lips reached hers, she jerked her head back to whip it forward into his nose. A Glasgow kiss. Distinct cracking sounded.
With his nose pouring blood, he squeezed her upper arms, "Holly, what the fuck - "
Using all her strength, she hiked her knee up between his legs.
His hands flew to cup his groin as his knees met the ground.
"You're right, Cadeon." She dusted off her hands. "That really was fun. ~ Kresley Cole

Truthfully, being pregnant is changing me as a person. Each day is part of this amazing journey that has completely shifted the focus of my life and made me reevaluate my personal and professional goals. ~ Holly Madison

Reality doesn't wait for you to be ready for it. It doesn't go away when you tell it to. It's like a persistent mosquito, determined to suck your blood and leave you with a bumpy itch that you can't stop scratching. ~ Holly Bourne

I don't want them to kill no hog ... I want a man to go to that chair, on his own two feet. ~ Thomas Jefferson

For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything. ~ Holly Black

We're told to plug our noses
to escape the smells.
Manure.
Rot.
Poverty?
Reality. ~ Holly Bodger

Spring came late. For the children, shut in the dark, cold parsonage, adjusting to Aunt and getting over the death that brought her, the winter had seemed endless. But now the rough moor was flecked with racing cloud shadows; the maltreated holly tree had stopped weeping; the green mould on the graves had dried to an unsuggestive grey.
The church could never look cheerful. It was too black, and its voice, the bell, always said 'Fu - ner -al ... fu - ner- al ... ' even when it was only calling them to hear one of their Papa's dramatic sermons. ~ Lynne Reid Banks

The big question of vampires, the question that hunts governments and individuals alike, the question that bug me every night when I see their red eyes watching citizens of Coldtown the ways hungry cats watch fishin a bucket is: what are they? Are they diseased or demonic? Are they humans who have become ill, deserving hospitals and care, as some have argued? Or are they the bodies of our loved ones animated by some dark force that we ought to seek to destroy? ~ Holly Black

To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher. ~ Arthur Holly Compton

If the Wise be the happy man ... he must be virtuous too; for, without virtue, happiness cannot be. This then is the true scope of all academical emulation. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I thought love was just supposed to happen when you least expected it, like a sap to the skull. ~ Holly Black

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy but cannot disjoin them. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Sometimes, you find yourself inadvertently in the dark. But I'd discovered that if you stopped fighting against it and just stood still, sometimes something marvelous comes along. ~ Holly Jacobs

Mirroring behavior. When a mark takes a drink from his water glass, so should you. When he smiles, so should you. Keep it subtle, rather than creepy, and it's a good technique. ~ Holly Black

Aristotle believed democracy could exist only because of slavery, which gave citizens the leisure for higher pursuits. (Modern versions of this argument held that American democracy was born of the slave society of rural Virginia, because slavery gave men like Washington and Jefferson the free time to better themselves and to participate in representative government.) ~ Tom Reiss

I wash down all my worries, hoping that I get some of the darkness off as well. I have as little cold water as possible- loving the way the boiling water is burning me. ~ Holly Shmit

I cannot live without books. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have arisen to the height you describe. This must be owing to the growth of Presbyterianism. The blasphemy of the five points of Calvin, and the impossibility of defending them, render their advocates impatient of reasoning, irritable, and prone to denunciation. ~ Thomas Jefferson

What is your job?"

"Now that's classified information, ma'am. If I tell you, I may have to kiss you."

"Shouldn't that be, 'I'd have to kill you?'"

"No, it's definitely kiss you," he says seriously. "I think I would know." And by the look on his face, I know he really does want to kiss me. ~ J.B. Morgan

I record at the same place [Toe Rag or FatSounds Studios in London], with the same people [Liam Watson at Toe Rag and Ed Deegan at Fatsounds], every time. It makes it effortless, and another reason for the vast output when I do go in and record stuff. ~ Holly Golightly

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I do not believe that Mr. Jefferson ever hated me. On the contrary, I believe he always like me: but he detested Hamilton and by whole administration. Then he wished to be President of the United States, and I stood in his way. So he did everything that he could to pull me down. But if I should quarral with him for that, I might quarrel with every man I have had anything to do with in life. This is human nature ... I forgive all my enemies and hope they may find mercy in Heaven. Mr. Jefferson and I have grown old and retired from public life. So we are upon our ancient terms of goodwill. ~ John Adams

Maybe I was unhappy for a lot of my marriage but didnt' realize it...She who is busy has no time to realize unhappiness.
Now I have to wonder: why was I so busy in the first place? To fill a void I suspected was there but was afraid to acknowledge? ~ Holly Chamberlin

Magic gives you a lot of choices," Grandad says. "Most of them are bad. ~ Holly Black