Jerome K. Jerome Quotes

Ambitious people are the leaven which raises it into wholesome bread. Without ambitious people the world would never get up. They are busybodies who are about early in the morning, hammering, shouting, and rattling the fire-irons, and rendering it generally impossible for the rest of the house to remain in bed.

Jerome K. Jerome

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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.

Imelda May
- World
- Strong
- Living
As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.

Yitzhak Rabin
In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.

Barbara Kingsolver
- Work
- Career
- Control
Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.

Ingrid Newkirk
- Pretty
- Die
- Fire
Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.

Cam Newton
- Control
- Day
- Sleep
I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.

Uri Geller
- Kitchen
- Eating
- Lifting