Able Quotes - Page 13
Ann McGovern, Aesop, Arthur Geisert (1990). “Aesop's Fables”, p.24, Scholastic Inc.
You will never be able to find happiness if you stay attached to the wrong person and don't move on.
Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme”, p.11
Quoted in Janet Hitchman, Such a Strange Lady (1975)
Henry Clay (2015). “The Papers of Henry Clay: Candidate, Compromiser, Elder Statesman, January 1, 1844-June 29, 1852”, p.553, University Press of Kentucky
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.231
'The Pirates of Penzance' (1879) act 1
One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.
Salman Rushdie, Michael Reder (2000). “Conversations with Salman Rushdie”, p.10, Univ. Press of Mississippi
You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions.
Noam Chomsky (2013). “Understanding Power: The Indispensible Chomsky”, p.287, The New Press
At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.
Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group