Serena Barton Quotes

Never hit a man with a closed fist," he told her. He could feel her pulse.
"Why? Because it gives you an excuse to manhandle me?"
He let go. "Slap his face instead."
"Ha."
"It will make him take you less seriously, and then he won't be expecting it when you knee him in the groin. ~ Courtney Milan

I will not be browbeaten, however nicely you do it. I am done with things happening to me. From here on out, I am going to happen to things. ~ Courtney Milan

You always put things at risk. If you fell out of a tree as a child, I'd clean you up and bandage your knees, and next I looked you'd be out climbing again. You never learned your lesson.
Oh, she'd learned her lesson. Climb harder. ~ Courtney Milan

My goal in a couple of years is to try to build a successful fashion house like Armani or Versace. I want that more than anything. ~ Serena Williams

I went to the Senate, accomplished nothing as usual. ~ Clara Barton

I almost wish that there would be something like a simultaneous telecast and all Americans would be forced, forced - at gun point no less - to listen to every David Barton message. ~ Mike Huckabee

Holy One, there is something I wanted to tell you, but there have been errands to run, bills to pay, meetings to attend, washing to do ... and I forget what it is I wanted to say to you, and forget what I am about or why. Oh God, don't forget me please, for the sake of Jesus Christ. ~ Ruth Haley Barton

The CIA now assesses that four nations - Iraq, North Korea, Russia and, to the surprise of some specialists, France - have undeclared samples of the smallpox virus. ~ Barton Gellman

It's a lot of bling to play with. You got to have the bling. ~ Serena Williams

Indeed I am inclined to go so far as to say that the one cause for which one may properly make war is the cause of peace. ~ Ralph Barton Perry

In any case, it is difficult not to think that if Serena lost context by abandoning all rules of civility, it could be because her body, trapped in a racial imaginary, trapped in disbelief - code for being black in America - is being governed not by the tennis match she is participating in but by a collapsed relationship that had promised to play by the rules. Perhaps this is how racism feels no matter the context - randomly the rules everyone else gets to play by no longer apply to you, and to call this out by calling out "I swear to God!" is to be called insane, crass, crazy. Bad sportsmanship. Two ~ Claudia Rankine

Amish culture is built around preserving and protecting the family unit. ~ Serena B. Miller

In the beginning was the word, but it wasn't a fixed number of bits. ~ Bob Barton

I've come to believe the sea is as intrigued by us and our customs as we are by her mysteries. ~ Serena Chase

I don't say I never use Facebook, but I often think about closing my account. ~ Barton Gellman

No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man. ~ Bernard Barton

I think it may be not unjustly said that Mrs. Barton Trafford fairly ran over with the milk of human kindness, but all the same I have an inkling that if ever the milk of human kindness was charged with vitriol, here was a case in point. ~ W. Somerset Maugham

There's nothing worse than having someone moping around feeling sorry for themselves, is there?"
"A damned nuisance," he agreed lightly as he drew her into the private car. "How much did you take me for in there?"
It took her a minute to realize he'd changed the subject. "Oh,I don't know-five,six hundred."
"I'll put breakfast on your tab," he said as the doors opened to his and Serena's suite. Her laugh pleased him as much as the hug she gave him.
"Just like a man," Serena stated as she came into the room. "Waltzing in with a beautiful woman at the crack of dawn while the wife stays home and changes the baby." She held a gurgling Mac over her shoulder.
Justin grinned at her. "Nothing worse than a jealous woman. ~ Nora Roberts

From a UX standpoint, the toughest battle is how to make a platform that's really open so kids can use it but has sort of hooks and constraints so it's actually driving towards revealing parts of the world through science or through mathematics. ~ Jake Barton

I'm still getting used to changing earrings - It still feels really weird to be pushing bits of metal through holes in my earlobes that weren't there a few weeks back, and actually seeing and feeling the holes in my lobes is still a bit freaky. ~ Mischa Barton

When it touches your soul, truth is like fire," he began. "As you know, when we rest too close to the fire we quickly become uncomfortable. Too close and it even becomes painful. But that doesn't always mean we should try to elude its flames. ~ Serena Chase

How I wish the mass media had christened me Joe instead of Joey. I hate Joey, not going to lie. Nobody I respect calls me it ... ~ Joey Barton

Because make no mistake, Serena. I do bite.


~Wraith ~ Larissa Ione

He was no longer a thing to me. That was the problem. I realized it that night, and the realization has stayed with me. It complicates. Serena ~ Margaret Atwood

That's what I've been always saying, that I was always using the mixed doubles especially to improve my net game and being able to return a guy's serve, 'cause then when you play someone like Serena, you are little bit more prepared for that. ~ Daniela Hantuchova

But all the if onlys in the world could not change the events of that day, and he had accepted that long ago. ~ Janet Lee Barton

You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We're always told what's beautiful and what's not, and that's not right. ~ Serena Williams

The old queen had failed them so miserably... She was such a bitter disappointment. But Ursula was different. There was no one to distract her, no one for her to love. She was alone in the world, alone in her grief, and alone with her pain. No, she wouldn't disappoint them. Unlike the old queen, Ursula would be able to fill her heart with hate. ~ Serena Valentino

I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have. ~ John Barton

I admire Serena Williams, because, I mean, who doesn't admire Serena Williams? ~ Johanna Konta

You may not know it yet, but Samantha Martin is a rock star, she'll tear your heart out one note at a time. ~ Serena Ryder

Everyone is from Russia. Sometimes I think I'm from Russia, too. All these new Ovas. I don't know anyone. I don't really recognise anyone. That's just how it is. I think my name must be Williamsova. ~ Serena Williams

The Founders never intended to separate Christianity from government, only to keep a single denomination from running the nation. ~ David Barton

If Plan A isn't working, I have Plan B, Plan C, and even Plan D. ~ Serena Williams

He wrote so many letters that occasionally he would forget the name of the person he was writing to. "This is a letter to what's-his-name," he'd begin. "Jeane will know his name, ask Jeane." Jeane was our senate liaison and someone who knew nearly everyone. "Dear whoever," he would continue, "I just wanted to let you know how sorry I was to hear about your dad. I remember losing my dad when I was seventeen, and all I can say is it wasn't easy. Please know you'll be in our prayers over the coming weeks and months." I wondered if the governor would pray for somebody whose name he couldn't remember. Would he tell God to ask Jeane? ~ Barton Swaim

You're the whole focus of my world," he murmured. "After you left, I went crazy.I flew down to New Orleans, and-"
"You did?" Stunned,she drew back to look at him. "You went after me?"
"With various purposes in mind," he muttered. "First,I was going to strangle you,then I was going to crawl, then I was going to just drag you back and lock you upstairs."
Smiling,she rested her head on his chest. "And now?"
"Now." He kissed her hair. "We compromise. I'll let you live."
"Good start." With a sigh,she closed her eyes. "I want to watch the sea in winter."
He tilted her face to his. "We will."
"There is something else..."
"Before or after I make love to you?"
Laughing,she pulled away from him. "It better be before.Since you haven't mentioned marriage yet,it falls to me."
"Gennie-"
"No,this is one time we'll do it all my way." She draw out the coin Serena had given her before she'd lef the Comanche. "And,in a way,it's a kind of compromise.Heads,we get married. Tails we don't."
Grant grabbed her wrist before she could toss. "You're not going to play games with something like that, Genvieve, unless that's a two-headed coin."
She smiled. "It certainly is."
Surprise came first,then his grin. "Toss it.I like the odds. ~ Nora Roberts

Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984. ~ Ed Gillespie

Read and write. Vehemently. ~ Michael X. Barton

A world where it is safe to love is a world where it is safe to live ~ Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio

It's always good to be recognized, you know, for sport. I think being up there with Venus and Serena, I think, that's awesome. I'm excited. I'm happy that I am improving and getting better, and that I can be here. ~ Sloane Stephens

Have you ever done any running or jogging?" Hawk asked.
[...]
"I walk," she told him. "I've never had any desire to run or jog."
"Why not? Don't you like to sweat?"
"As a matter of fact, I don't." She smiled. "Besides, Southern ladies never sweat. We don't even perspire."
"Then what the hell do you do?"
"We glow. ~ Beverly Barton

People ask me where I get my fighting qualities from, and I have to say Serena. ~ Venus Williams