Maxine Carr Quotes

By today's standards, if you go by the early morning TV misery shows, my broken home family of mixed parentage siblings was quite normal. ~ Hailey Giblin

To write good history is the noblest work of man. ~ John Dickson Carr

most men consider their rationally selected actions are in fact idiosyncratic responses that have grown strong enough, through repeated use, to overpower other urges and reactions - that have won, in other words, the mental battle for survival. ~ Caleb Carr

Right then, Mel came into the bar, hung her jacket on the peg inside the door and jumped up on a stool in front of her husband, elbows on the bar, leaning toward him for a kiss. "Holy shit," one of the men said. "Look at that one. Talk about a doe I'd like to bag." Jack straightened before meeting his wife's lips. The look on his face wasn't a pretty one. "You know," Mike said, laughing uncomfortably, "about our women. You boys don't want to be giving the women around here any trouble. Trust me on this, okay?" That set up a round of hilarious laughter at the table of hunters and one of them said, unfortunately too loudly, "Maybe the girl wants to get bagged. I think we should at least ask her!" But oops - glancing over his shoulder, Mike saw Jack had heard that. And probably so had Mel. And after what those two had been through earlier in the summer, comments like that were not taken lightly. And ~ Robyn Carr

Make peace with guilt. Guilt is a poisonous illusion. Many languages don't even have a word for guilt. ~ Kris Carr

When our brain is overtaxed, we find distractions more distracting. ~ Nicholas Carr

I worry about my nan. If she's alone and falls, does she make a noise? I'm joking, she's dead. ~ Jimmy Carr

In his bestseller, The Shallows, Nicholas Carr argues that in the Internet age we are losing our capacity for deep thinking, reading, and conversation. ~ Michael S. Horton

Alan Campbell opened one eye.
From somewhere in remote distances, muffled beyond sight or sound, his soul crawled back painfully, through subterranean corridors, up into his body again. Toward the last it moved to a cacophony of hammers and lights.
Then he was awake.
The first eye was bad enough. But, when he opened his second eye, such as rush of anguish flowed through his brain that he hastily closed them again. ~ John Dickson Carr

Let me not fuss and fret at my incompetence but be still and know that Thou art God. ~ Emily Carr

The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. ~ Emily Carr

Uh-huh. I think she was flattered. It'll help fill her bucket." "Huh?" "You know - the bucket ... " "What are you talking about?" "Well, the elementary school teachers talk about the bucket a lot. Everyone has one. When people say nice things to you, do nice things, make you feel better about yourself, they're filling your bucket. When people are mean or insulting or hurtful in any way, they're emptying your bucket and you don't want to go around with an empty bucket. It makes you sad and cranky. And you don't want to be emptying other peoples' buckets - that also makes you unhappy. The best way is to fill all the buckets you can and keep yours nice and full by looking for positive people and experiences." She smiled. Troy leaned his elbow on the bar and rested his head in his hand. "What do I have to do to get a job with you?" "Master's degree in counseling." She took a sip. "Easy peasy. You'd be great. ~ Robyn Carr

The best thing you can give a child you love is happy memories and a foundation they can be proud of. ~ Robyn Carr

Gillard has not had a political success all year. The media package, and how it was adopted, has destroyed any confidence I could have in her office and instincts. ~ Bob Carr

What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more toward what might be called a utilitarian intelligence. The price of zipping among lots of bits of information is a loss of depth in our thinking. ~ Nicholas G. Carr

She threatened him with dire consequences if he got all puffed up and studly about this. It was easy for him to take it in stride - exactly how many eight-pound babies had he pushed out? And if he joked about this even once, she was going to make him pay. Perhaps for life. Jack ~ Robyn Carr

Up came the sun, and drank the dew. ~ Emily Carr

My girlfriend said she wanted me to tease her, so I said "Alright, fatty." ~ Jimmy Carr

The near-continuous stream of new information pumped out by the Web also plays to our natural tendency to "vastly overvalue what happens to us right now," as Union College psychologist Christopher Chabris explains. We crave the new even when we know that "the new is more often trivial than essential. ~ Nicholas Carr

Still, it's an interesting technique-leaving one person behind in order to find her or him somewhere else. And in someone else. ~ Caleb Carr

I am a homescooler, but that does not mean I am a social outcast. ~ Cairn Carr

I'm just generally hugely frustrated, I'm a very, very frustrated man. I'm just a ball of pent-up frustration. ~ Allan Carr

Necessity is a mother. ~ David Carr

Even if you're doing the national insurance awards, there's still that excitement when you wonder who is going to win, er, best premiums. ~ Jimmy Carr

We are more capable of turning around our global health crisis than we think. ~ Kris Carr

I'm going home the old way with a light hand on the reins making the long approach. ~ Maxine Kumin

Resolutions are exhausting. Embrace ease. ~ Kris Carr

I haven't really got much get up and go. I can't believe I'm on the telly. I'm so lazy. ~ Allan Carr

Unfortunately, some Christians don't look much different from non-Christian coworkers. They talk the same, have the same work habits, compromise on the same issues, and entertain themselves in the same ways as those who have never met God personally. In some cases, the only difference between Christians and non-Christians is where they spend an hour or son on Sunday morning. ~ William Carr Peel

Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at age 30. Somewhere around 1992, he should have had to go out and get a real job. ~ Howie Carr

Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade underwear. ~ Maxine Hong Kingston

When alone I am not aware of my race or my sex, both in need of social contexts for definition. ~ Maxine Hong Kingston

I have a vast 'bone pile' of stillborn or abandoned poems along with jottings and wisps from the great beyond that I tend to scan. Sometimes that leads somewhere, and sometimes the Muse is just on sabbatical. ~ Maxine Kumin

The house begins to be a home. The unfamiliar places are beginning to fold the familiar objects into their keeping and to cozy them down. Objects that swore at each other when the movers heaved them into the new rooms have subsided into corners and sit to lick their feet and wash their faces like cats accepting a new home. ~ Emily Carr

Paul went to his room, gathered clean clothes and headed down the hall to the shower. He made it quick, but clean. He shaved. Then he thought, I am shaving - why? To be smooth cheeked when I pass out? ~ Robyn Carr

Reporters used to be blue-collar; at the Globe now, it's practically required that you have a trust fund. ~ Howie Carr

The definition of terrorism is killing civilians with the intent of changing their political affiliation. ~ Caleb Carr

Marcie, I won't let you do this!" Erin insisted. "It's primitive! He's primitive! He looks like a total nutcase. A wild man." "He's actually very docile. Kind." "There ~ Robyn Carr

Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friends, allies, or jobs. ~ Maxine Waters