Lennie Walker Quotes

The guy's life drunk, I think, makes Candide look like a sourpuss. Does he even know that death exists? ~ Jandy Nelson

Why it is that of all the billions and billions of strange objects in the Cosmos - novas, quasars, pulsars, black holes - you are beyond doubt the strangest or ~ Walker Percy

It's essential that we understand that taking care of the planet will be done as we take care of ourselves. You know that you can't really make much of a difference in things until you change yourself. ~ Alice Walker

My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career. ~ Benjamin Walker

And one of the most serious things for me has been the understanding that the Universe is not that interested in punishing us. Every move we make is simply part of its reflection. ~ Alice Walker

I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi. ~ Alice Walker

My mom's hot. I mean she's old, but my mom's out of control. ~ Paul Walker

This was it, his life of crime and recreation about to officially start. ~ Neil Walker

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. ~ Abraham Lincoln

For the past year, food of some sort has been a permanent appendage to Deo's hand. Sometimes both hands at once. At first, I teased that he was going to get fat, but then he shot upward - six full inches since last summer. Now I have to look up at him, not the other way around. This amuses him. I don't really care as long as he doesn't call me "Short Stuff. ~ Rysa Walker

Being the only girl in the gig was tough, so I appreciated Jacob's compliments and companionship. It wasn't necessary though. I could handle Sawyer. I grew up with older brothers and a father who didn't want me working in the family garage. They were horrified when I told them I was going to police college> They didn't think that was right for a girl, let alone a Carleton. I had to wake them up to twenty-first century. Still, there were times when I wondered if my father hadn't died before I graduated high school, he might have been abe to change my mind. Sometimes I wondered if I wanted to be a cop to make a difference or to make a point. ~ Sara C. Walker

Now things have changed for the better. Our reforms end seniority and tenure so we can hire and fire based on merit and pay based on performance. That means we can put the best and the brightest in our classrooms - and we can keep them there. ~ Scott Walker

If your job is to kill us, why didn't you kill me?" I ask.
He answers without hesitating, as if he's decided long before I asked the question what his answer would be.
"Because I'm in love with you. ~ Rick Yancey

From now on, I was going to live my life, not wait for it. ~ Kristin Walker

In her mind Emma was quite disturbed! But then … aren't we all? ~ Natasha Walker

I know that in my family there are histories of violence that are internal family things and that are oftentimes dealt with internally. By internally, I mean inside the family group, but also partly inside ourselves. You know, self-hatred and hostility and rage and this cycle that won't break. ~ Kara Walker

Gov. Scott Walker, a Tea Party-tinged Republican, is the advance guard of a new GOP push to dismantle public-sector unions as an electoral force. ~ Howard Fineman

People usually told him the same joke two or three times. ~ Walker Percy

Will, Oksana, and two other women. Only four. ONLY four? ~ Rysa Walker

The enemies of American civilization
for such are the enemies of slavery
seem to be more on the alert than its friends. ~ William Walker

I'm not sure why he's flustered until I realize there are now five of us and the table is set for four.
Pru waves her hand dismissively. "Don't bother. The dark-haired one is just my bodyguard. He can stand."
Kiernan seems entirely unfazed by the comment, but her tone pisses me off. ~ Rysa Walker

With cold eyes and indifferent mind the spectators regard the work. Connoissers admire the "skill" (as one admires a tightrope walker), enjoy the "quality of painting" (as one enjoys a pasty). But hungry souls go hungry away. The vulgar herd stroll through the rooms and pronounce the pictures "nice" or "splendid." Those who could speak have said nothing, those who could hear have heard nothing. ~ Wassily Kandinsky

Most organizations do not value imagination, do not encourage it, do not reward it. In many cases, they don't even think about it. But if you're not thinking about imagination, I guarantee you're not going to have meaningful innovation. ~ Jay S. Walker

I'm not [a Buddhist]. The whole point of anything that is really, truly valuable to your soul, and your own growth, is not to attach to a teacher, but rather to find out what the real deal is in the world itself. You become your own guide. The teachings can help you, but really, we're all here with the opportunity the reality of hereness. We all have that. I trust that ... I'm just not interested in labels. I find all of them constrictive. They're hard to wear. And they're hard to wear because we're always - hopefully - growing. ~ Alice Walker

Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored ~ Alice Walker

That she had seen the magazines we receive from home and that it was very clear to her that black people did not truly admire blackskinned black people like herself, and especially did not admire blackskinned black women. They bleach their faces, she said. They fry their hair. They try to look naked. ~ Alice Walker

They should love you, just as you are. Parents should love their kids, right?"
"You'd think so. ~ N.R. Walker

Powerful Leaders have high expectations by faith that each day will be the first day of the rest of their life; what are you expecting? ~ Michael Walker

Powerful Leaders intentionally pursue their vocation of who they are not a career of what they do; what's calling you? ~ Michael Walker

Even the pictures I was doing at college - a little narrative based on a butterfly catcher, or a chimney sweep - the images were always telling stories. They were all scenarios and moods which I storyboarded and worked through - it's exactly what I do now. ~ Tim Walker

It's exactly what's wrong with computer dating…people lie. ~ Christie Walker Bos

Sometimes life's a shit boat, and it feels like nothing's ever gone right. And sometimes the only comfort you have is the fact that other people are also in your awful situation. And maybe, just maybe, you'll make them feel a little less alone. ~ Ruby Walker

Women have to be extremely careful about choosing something that they consider an act of defiance that can really be used to further their enslavement. ~ Alice Walker

You sure you can do this?" he asked.
"Does the Tin Man have a sheet-metal dick? ~ Julie Ann Walker

Stanton closed the top drawer, opened the second one. "Maybe I'm new, maybe I'll get more jaded. But the law cleared this guy. Period, the end. If you don't like that, change the law. We in law enforcement need to be impartial referees. If the speed limit is fifty-five miles per hour, then you ticket a guy going fifty-six. If you think, nah, don't ticket until he's going sixty-five, then change the law to sixty-five. And it works the other way too. Following the rules, the judge freed Dan Mercer. If you don't like that, change the law. Don't bend the rules. Legally change them." Walker ~ Harlan Coben