#key

It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#reason

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#champagne #costs #explain #fact #gear

I'll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to Old Virginia, I'll even 'hari-kari' if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun! ↗

— Alan Alda

#hawkeye-pierce #mash #war #guns

Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#politics #turkey #television

I love the smell of the ice... And the cold. The sound the puck makes when it's sliding across the ice or when hits the net for a goal... as long as it's our goal. I love the sound of sticks crashing against one another. The sound my skates make when I come to a hard stop. The roar of the crowd. The way I feel when i'm playing. I can do things on this ice that I can't do anywhere else. ↗

— J. Sterling

#love #sports #dreams

Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you. ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#ignorance #inexperience #mercedes-lackey #prejudice #enlightenment

I cook better than you," Nick corrected absently. "I think monkeys can probably be taught to cook better than you." "I'd like to have a monkey that cooked for me," said Jamie. " I would pay him in bananas. His name would be Alphonse." "I agree, that would be awesome." Mae said. "People would come for dinner just to see the monkey chef." "You're raving," Nick said, defrosting chicken in the microwave. Mae was a bit impressed with how he seemed to look at the appliance and instantly comprehend its mysteries, when she'd been heating up ready-made meals for years by a method of pressing random buttons and hoping. " I know that's the only way Jamie communicates with people, but I expected better of you, Mavis." "We're cutting out the whole Mavis thing right now, Nick," Mae said warningly. "How many bananas would be good payment for a monkey?" Jamie wanted to know. " I would want to pay Alphonse a fair wage. ↗

— Sarah Rees Brennan

#monkeys #communication

Somewhere near the Alamo, a bugle brayed: either that or McCulloch’s men had found some reason to torture a poor, defenseless donkey. ↗

— Harry Turtledove

#humor #men

Big fat hairy monkey, hands a couple of octaves wide? ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#monkey #music #music

We'll be living in all the oceans now.. ↗

— Mallory Knox

#mickey-knox #natural-born-killers #nature