Carolyn Wells Quotes

There are many ways of discarding books. You can give them to friends,--or enemies,--or to associations or to poor Southern libraries. But the surest way is to lend them. Then they never come back to bother you.

Carolyn Wells

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This is what's sick about living in L.A. My eight-year-old daughter will point to a woman and say, 'Look! That woman's had too much Botox.' She spots them because they all look a bit like Lord Voldemort from 'Harry Potter.'

Kate Beckinsale
- Woman
- Daughter
- Sick
For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.

Queen Rania of Jordan
- People
- God
- Respect
The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.

Natalie Massenet
- Time
- Sleep
- Brain
After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.

C. L. R. James
- World
- War
- Government
I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.

Edgardo Osorio
- Idea
- Lucky
- Feet
Our family business was operating batting cages. The pitching machine spit out the balls at lightning speed. Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax. Whitey Ford. 50 cents for 12 pitches. Of course, my mother ran the place, and I was her slave: selling candy, hosing down the street, and the most dreaded of all jobs, feeding the pitching machine with balls.

Taylor Negron
- Family
- Business
- Mother