Quotes for All
And when the firemen turned off the hose and were standing in the wet, smoky room, Jim’s Aunt, Miss. Prothero, came downstairs and peered in at them. Jim and I waited, very quietly, to hear what she would say to them. She said the right thing, always. She looked at the three tall firemen in … Read more
In Canada, when we speak of water, we’re speaking of ourselves. Canadians are known to be unextravagant, and one explanation of this might be that we know that wasted water means a diminished collective soul; polluted waters mean a sickened soul. Water is the basis of our self-identity, and when we dream of canoes and … Read more
The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. Doug Larson
It became sort of a snowball effect, with guys trying to deal in their own way with 9/11, whether it was drinking or whatever. Denis Leary
The beauty of running is its simplicity; the beauty of runners is that we all have a similar drive to improve. We are either trying to run a personal best, or toeing the line for the first time, which will snowball into a future of trying to run personal bests. We road racers are a … Read more
Snowball just leads elves on, elves and Santas. He is playing a dangerous game. David Sedaris
I think that the episodes are like mini horror films really; the characters make bad decisions early on and these things just snowball for them and get worse and worse. And that’s what I find funny. Dave Rowntree
Is it fair for the bears to come down to where humans live, looking for food? Is it fair for the Duke’s soldiers to shoot at them? Is it fair for the bears to crush them with giant snowballs? Often, if you point out something that isn’t fair, someone will reply, Life isn’t fair. What … Read more
The problem with big films is they snowball very rapidly and you can never pull back. It’s a pipeline that needs to be fed. Christopher Nolan
Will remembered the two of them, running through the dark streets of London, jumping from rooftop to rooftop, seraph blades gleaming in their hands; hours in the training room, shoving each other into mud puddles, throwing snowballs at Jessamine from behind an ice fort in the courtyard, asleep like puppies on the rug in front … Read more