Town Motto Quotes

My father old Cosway, with his white marble tablet in the English church at Spanish Town for all to see. It have a crest on it and a motto in Latin and words in big black letters. I never know such lies. [ ... ] "Pious", they write up. "Beloved by all." Not a word about the people he buy and sell like cattle. "Merciful to the weak", they write up. Mercy! [ ... ] I can still see that tablet before my eye because I go to look at it often. I know by heart all the lies they tell - no one stand up and say, Why you write lies in the church? ~ Jean Rhys

That should be your town motto. It's all I ever hear. Like: New Hampshire, Live Free or Die. It should be: Despair, You Need To Leave Now. ~ Lee Child

The franchise and the virus work on the same principle: what thrives in one place will thrive in another. You just have to find a sufficiently virulent business plan, condense it into a three-ring binder ― its DNA ― xerox it, and embed it in the fertile lining of a well-traveled highway, preferably one with a lef- turn lane. Then the growth will expand until it runs up against its property lines.

In olden times, you'd wander down to Mom's Café for a bite to eat and a cup of joe, and you would feel right at home. It worked just fine if you never left your hometown. But if you went to the next town over, everyone would look up and stare at you when you came in the door, and the Blue Plate Special would be something you didn't recognize. If you did enough traveling, you'd never feel at home anywhere.

But when a businessman from New Jersey goes to Dubuque, he knows he can walk into a McDonald's and no one will stare at him. He can order without having to look at the menu, and the food will always taste the same. McDonald's is Home, condensed into a three-ringed binder and xeroxed. "No surprises" is the motto of the franchise ghetto, its Good Housekeeping seal, subliminally blazoned on every sign and logo that make up the curves and grids of light that outline the Basin.

The people of America, who live in the world's most surprising and terrible country, take comfort in that motto. ~ Neal Stephenson

My motto is very simple. Win a Ring for the King. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

Humanity, you never had it from the beginning." That was my motto. ~ Charles Bukowski

Intent and service-that is my motto. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Never complain, never explain personal motto of ~ Kerry Packer

My motto is "Be Prepared." I am told this is also the motto of the Boy Scouts, but, if so, this only proves that they were acting according to my motto earlier than I. ~ David Mamet

My personal motto is: WWWWD?: What Would Wonder Woman Do? ~ Libba Bray

I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less. ~ Susan B. Anthony

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways. ~ Courteney Cox

Principle is ever my motto, no expediency. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Sauce grinned. 'Anytime, baby,' she said.
'We could make that our motto,' allowed the Captain. ~ Miles Cameron

The Doctor's Motto: Have patients. ~ Ethel Mumford

This idea is more surely understood by interrogation; WHAT DO I KNOW? which I bear as my motto with the emblem of a pair of scales. ~ Michel De Montaigne

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. ~ Honore De Balzac

The funny thing is, I was never much of a fighter. Better a live coward than a dead hero, that was my motto. ~ Ozzy Osbourne

Moderation, honey, in all things but love and chocolate. That's my motto. ~ Barbara Bretton

From my experience of life I believe my personal motto should be: 'Beware of any man bringing flowers. ~ Muriel Spark

I happen to be colorblind. Racism is not my motto. One day, I strongly expect every color to love as one family. ~ Michael Jackson

This is my motto: Rejection is God's protection. ~ Roselyn Sanchez

Robert bowed to the inevitable. The queen's motto, 'I see all and speak nothing. was as well chosen as any motto could be. He had almost made his old mistake of confusing what Elizabeth said with what she would do. ~ Jeane Westin

My commitment to stand behind Datsun gained the trust of dealers and sold cars. My motto was: Dealers make money first, and then we make money. ~ Yutaka Katayama

Peace over Anger, Honor over Hate, Strength over Fear. ~ Jedi Motto

My motto in life is 'If you think it, you can do it' and if we all apply that thought we can end hunger the world over. ~ Dionne Warwick

I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels. ~ Voltaire

My motto is, you have to get in a sport a day. ~ Paul Walker

Whats up with your motto? Will you lead? Will you follow? ~ Nas

My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation. ~ Lindsay Lohan

My motto is, if it isn't beneficial it isn't necessary. So, if it doesn't benefit me why am I even considering this bullshit? ~ Drumma Boy

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall take flack from both sides.- Unofficial UN Motto ~ Robert Asprin

According to an old French motto, Noblesse oblige - one must live up to one's name. The Rothschilds' condition of life has imposed on them a second motto: Richesse oblige - one must live up to one's fortune. ~ Guy De Rothschild

Sober or blotto, this is your motto: keep muddling through. ~ P.G. Wodehouse

It's the family motto," Ash said.
"Don't tell me, let me guess," Kami said, since Ash showed no signs of telling her. "Your motto is 'Blonds really do have more fun.' "
Another Lynburn motto possibility, if her mother was to be believed, was "Hot Blond Death. ~ Sarah Rees Brennan

The Philosopher's Motto: I came, I saw, I pondered! ~ Greg Curtis

To begin with, let us take the following motto ... Literature is Love. Now we can continue. ~ Vladimir Nabokov

My motto - sans limites. ~ Isadora Duncan

Public service is my motto. ~ Al Capone

'Stay with it' was our coach's motto. That's what we did. This is unreal! ~ Andre Iguodala

Don't never participate in no bad scenes, he reminded himself; that was his motto in life. ~ Philip K. Dick

Gridlock is great. My motto is, 'Don't just do something. Stand there.' ~ William Safire

It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself. ~ Patrick Kane

Better safe than sorry. That's my motto. ~ Saul

Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail. ~ P.T. Barnum

My motto in life is 'if you give 100 per cent then no one can ask any more'. ~ Alan Shearer

I try to have the motto of living life with no regrets. ~ Matt Flynn

In addition to their 'do no evil' motto, Googlers have always been guided by another, much less explicit philosophy: 'computational arrogance.' ~ Evgeny Morozov

My motto is, 'When in doubt, shoot the ball' ~ J. R. Smith

A good motto is: use friendliness but do not use your friends. ~ Frank Crane

First things first has always been my motto, mostly because it makes absolutely no sense - after all, if first things were second or third, they wouldn't be first things, would they? Still, cliches exist to comfort the feeble minded, not to provide any actual meaning. ~ Jeff Lindsay

My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway. ~ Tamara Mellon

One of my mottos for living is: never eat on a boat, unless you own the boat. ~ Jay Rayner

Justice, and only justice, shall always be our motto. ~ Woodrow Wilson

The motto of science is not just Pauca but rather Plurima ex paucissimis - the most out of the least. ~ Mario Bunge

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters. ~ Robert Baden-Powell

What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it! ~ Janice Dickinson

I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame. ~ Steve Brown

Don't wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto. ~ Samuel Beckett

Listen to your heart more than your head. This motto will get you in trouble, but it's never boring. ~ Brad Barkley

Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible. ~ Mae West

My motto is to do everything absolutely flat out and to the best of your ability. ~ Allan McNish

My life motto is 'Do my best, so that I can't blame myself for anything.' ~ Magdalena Neuner

Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver. ~ John M. McHugh

The answer cannot be found. That should be my new life motto. ~ Jessica Khoury

Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto. ~ John Chafee

My motto is, 'Never quit.' ~ Henry Rollins

To those who help me, I repay them with grace. But to those who don't, I repay them with exactly what I've received. That's my motto. Only then the world will be balanced. ~ Kim Joon

Xedrix-No, our motto is 'everything tastes better with hot sauce. ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

My whole motto is get four yards, and if I get more than four, that's fine. ~ Corey Dillon

Eat, drink and remarry is my motto. ~ Jay McInerney

Our motto is, 'Be gentle and subversive.' ~ Petra Kelly

No half measures, he muttered several times. It was his personal motto; he intended to have it latinised and put on a crest. ~ Larry McMurtry

Thus Dante's motto over Inferno applies with equal force to marriage. Ye who enter here leave all hope behind. ~ Emma Goldman

They might have been all-right people doing the best they could, but I got to tell you, you got a dead cat lying in your yard you ought to bury it. That's my motto. ~ Joe R. Lansdale

My motto is that I enjoy life. I think there's a kind of simplicity to that way of thinking. ~ Jenna Elfman

The Giants were supposed to have a new motto, 'Shut up and deal.' ~ Alvin Dark

So I say, "Live and let live." That's my motto. "Live and let live." And anyone who can't go along with that, take him outside and shoot the motherfucker. It's a simple philosophy, but it's always worked in our family. ~ George Carlin

In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, 'Keep your facts, I'm going with the truth.' ~ Stephen Colbert

My motto is to go wild on the accessories - the belts, the hair clips, the jewelery. ~ Heidi Klum

I have a motto: Work to become, not to acquire. ~ Alan Kulwicki

Misprize common sense at your peril is my motto. ~ Kingsley Amis

Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome. ~ Anthony Trollope

When the decision is up before you-and on my desk I have a motto which says "The buck stops here"-the decision has to be made. ~ Harry S. Truman

My motto is: If I didn't do it first, I want to do it better. Boy, I sure hope none of my clones will have the same motto. ~ Jarod Kintz

The innovator's motto is this; I succeed or I learn but I never fail. ~ Paul Sloane

I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim ""Do not get others to do what you can do yourself."" My motto on the other hand is; ""Do not do that which others can do as well. ~ Booker T. Washington

The motto was 'Pax', but the word was set in a circle of thorns. ~ Rumer Godden

Florida wants to change the state's motto to attract younger people. They're thinking about: More than just a great place to die. ~ Joan Rivers

Our National Motto - 'In God We Trust' - was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in the universe to which this nation owes homage. ~ Ronald Reagan

Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India. ~ Manmohan Singh

Mathematics is the art of accurate reasoning on inaccurately-drawn figures ... let that be our motto. ~ Arthur Mattuck

You write the way you think about the world. My motto in times of trouble - and I'm speaking of life, not writing - is 'no humor too black.' ~ Elizabeth McCracken

One thing about living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me. ~ Anna Nicole Smith

There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail." ~ Matthew Arnold

No mind should submit their mind to another mind He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still
that's my motto. I won't be brainwashed. ~ Muriel Spark

I don't have any style icons, but I get inspiration from my friends. My style motto is that it is better to be overdressed than underdressed. ~ Hannah Kearney

Rather suffer than die is man's motto. ~ Jean De La Fontaine

Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts. ~ Hosea Ballou