Carolyn Wells Quotes

I don't care very much for literary shrines and hauntsI knew a woman in London who boasted that she had lodgings from the windows of which she could throw a stone into Carlyle's yard. And when I said, "Why throw a stone into Carlyle's yard?" she looked at me as if I were an imbecile and changed the subject.

Carolyn Wells

Quotes to Explore

I don't even have my own computer.

Daley Thompson
- Own
- Computer
- My Own
I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.

Randy Bachman The Guess Who
- Music
- Age
- Gift
The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.

Ike Skelton
- Government
- Goal
- Creating
The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.

Victoria Pratt
- People
- Up
- Good
At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.

Rachel Kushner
- Home
- Free
- Reading
A true yogi may remain dutifully in the world; there, he is like butter on water and not like the easily-diluted milk of unchurned and undisciplined humanity.

Paramahansa Yogananda
- World
- May
- True