March 9, 2010

Memorable lines

Every writer loves to "find" memorable lines, and I would like to share some which have struck my fancy over the years. Some are attributable (to sometimes surprising sources) and some are not.

"With every child the world is given another chance."

"Those who pursue mediocrity will never be disappointed."

"The word fate is used by people who have lost track of who they are." Clark Kent on the Superman tv series.

The DA on the Law and Order tv show to a young lawyer who had been assigned a judge who the young lawyer had heard was a liberal. "Judge Larkin, huh. I heard she had the right turn signal removed from her car."

"It's ok to think about what you want to do until it's time to start doing what you are meant to do."

"You've got to learn how to fall before you learn how to fly." Paul Simon

"Time is not a beauty treatment." old western movie

"Case studies so waterlogged with ambivalence they made your head ache." Author Brian Haig in Mortal Enemies.

"Pal mam qui meruit ferrat" - "none but himself could be his parallel".

"There are some people who, if they don't know, you can't tell 'em." Old south Georgia saying.

"If you fly with crows, you get shot at." Grandpa Eaton

"Sometimes the hardest decision is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn."


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Copyright Hugh Eaton March 2010