Leo Kowalski Quotes

When the reception was over I went for a walk and ... she's pregnant."
They were both quiet a moment, exchanging one of those old-married-people looks he still couldn't decipher, but which made him squirm. He and Beth were both adults, but that didn't make telling his parents he'd accidentally gotten a woman pregnant any easier.
"Lot easier to walk with your fly zipped," Leo grumbled. ~ Shannon Stacey

Always the same. Now a spark of hope flashes up, then a sea of despair rages, and always pain; always pain, always despair, and always the same. When alone he had a dreadful and distressing desire to call someone, but he knew beforehand that with others present it would be still worse. ~ Leo Tolstoy

It is not enough to be a hardworking person. Think: what do you work at? ~ Leo Tolstoy

LEO: We're the last to leave.

BARKEEP: Ahuhrumhuh...koff, koff, humn...

LEO: Do you think he wants us to leave?

KAREN: No, no, probably just a bit of sarcasm gone down the wrong way. ~ Dave McKean

Most people think that they want spacious homes, but they don't realize how the emptiness of a large room just amplifies the emptiness in a broken heart. And we're all broken, in one way or another. ~ Cassia Leo

There are as many minds as there are heads, so there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts. Leo Tolstoy ~ Les And Leslie Parrott

Each man lives for himself, uses his freedom to achieve his personal goals, and feels with his whole being that right now he can or cannot do such-and-such an action; but as soon as he does it, this action, committed at a certain moment in time, becomes irreversible, and makes itself the property of history, in which is has not a free but a predestined significance. ~ Leo Tolstoy

One cannot refute what one has not thoroughly understood. ~ Leo Strauss

Our whole life is taken up with anxiety for personal security, with preparations for living, so that we really never live at all. ~ Leo Tolstoy

If the thickness is larger than the critical value I can produce an explosion. ~ Leo Szilard

The test of observance of Christ's teachings is our consciousness of our failure to attain an ideal perfection. The degree to which we draw near this perfection cannot be seen; all we can see is the extent of our deviation. LEO TOLSTOY The ~ Philip Yancey

The fate of books depends on the understanding of those who read them. ~ Leo Tolstoy

Some mathematician has said that enjoyment lies in the search for truth, not in the finding it. ~ Leo Tolstoy

Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a total klutz."
She smirked. "A job, eh?" Making things in your forge?"
"Nah, we could start our own shop," Leo said, surprising himself. Starting a machine shop had always been one of his dreams, but he'd never told anyone about it. "Leo and Calypso's Garage: Auto Repair and Mechanical Monsters. ~ Rick Riordan

For the first time in his life he knew the bitterest sort of misfortune, misfortune beyond remedy, misfortune his own fault. ~ Leo Tolstoy

Charlie glared at the puppet. "I'm really mad."
"Sure you are. Super mad." Leo circled his head one way and then the other. "I've got an idea."
"What?"
"Tell him how mad you are. Then look really pitiful and ask him to take you Boogie-boarding. If you look pitiful enough, I bet he'll feel so bad that he'll take you."
Charlie wasn't born yesterday. He looked past Leo to the man holding him. "Really! Can we go right now?"
His father set Leo aside and shrugged. "The waves look good. Why not? Get your stuff."
Charlie jumped up, and raced toward the house. His legs pumping. But just as he got to the front step, he stopped and whipped around. "I get to drive!"
"No you don't!" his mother countered, slipping Scamp from her arm.
Charlie stomped inside, and his father laughed. "I love that kid. ~ Susan Elizabeth Phillips

The soul is immortal- well then, if I shall always live, I must have lived before, lived for a whole eternity. ~ Leo Tolstoy

A great safeguard is the entire faith, the true faith, in which neither anything whatever can be added by anyone nor anything taken away; for, unless faith be one, it is not the faith. ~ Pope Leo I

He had been longing to get at these Frenchmen and to cut them down, their being so near seemed to him now so awful that he could not believe his eyes. "Who are they? What are they running for? Can it be to me? Can they be running to me? And what for? To kill me? Me, whom every one's so fond of?" He recalled his mother's love, the love of his family and his friends, and the enemy's intention of killing him seemed impossible. "But they may even kill me." For more than ten seconds he stood, not moving from the spot, nor grasping his position. The foremost Frenchman with the hook nose was getting so near that he could see the expression of his face. And the excited, alien countenance of the man, who was running so lightly and breathlessly towards him, with his bayonet lowered, terrified Rostov. He snatched up his pistol, and instead of firing with it, flung it at the Frenchman and ran to the bushes with all his might. ~ Leo Tolstoy

There are moments in life, and they happen so infrequently that they tend to really stand out, when life hands you the gift of perspective. Sometimes, we forget to show our appreciation. Sometimes, we get our priorities mixed up. And, sometimes, we forget how far we've come. But life always has a way of nudging you to remind you about these important things. ~ Cassia Leo

Revelation leads to Revolution! ~ Leo

So I think it was a good thing It was a little surreal watching Leo scream 'I'm not going to die today!' with our music playing - that was the last thing on my mind when I wrote the song. ~ Jon Crosby

It often struck me as strange and disagreeable to hear him utter severe strictures upon some of these persons who seemed to me so good. ~ Leo Tolstoy

The only real science is the knowledge of how a person should live his life. And this knowledge is open to everyone. ~ Leo Tolstoy

Because change creates opportunity, when we do it through purpose and awareness, we are working with the fates, and in turn they smile upon us. ~ Lawren Leo

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace. ~ Leo Tolstoy

God Lord, give me strength. Please keep the local firefighters away from me. Keep me out of the path of hardened abs and tall men in uniform, for they are bastards, one and all. Amen ~ Rosanna Leo

Disruptive movement must come from within. ~ Leo Tolstoy

A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him. ~ Leo Tolstoy

Why would Gaea be back at camp?" Leo asked. "Percy's nosebleed was here." "Dude," Percy said, "first off, you heard Athena - don't blame my nose. Second, ~ Rick Riordan

If you want to be a clever person, you have to learn how to ask cleverly, how to listen attentively, how to respond quietly, and how to stop talking when there is nothing more to say. ~ Leo Tolstoy