#monk

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop. ↗

— Robert Hughes

#determined #loafer #machine #monkey #more

With the exception of the New York Times, Fox news, and Lou Dobbs of CNN, and talk radio, the rest of the mainstream media has basically been silenced like a bunch of dumb monkeys. ↗

— Curt Weldon

#been #bunch #cnn #dumb #exception

The au pair was bug-eyed. "What happened back there?" "It's not our fault!" Dan babbled. "Those guys are crazy! They're like mini-Darth Vaders without the mask!" "They're Benedictine monks!" Nellie exclaimed. "They're men of peace! Most of them are under vows of silence!" "Yeah, well, not anymore," Dan told her. "They cursed us out pretty good. I don't know the language, but some things you don't have to translate. ↗

— Gordon Korman

#cursing #dan-cahill #humor #nellie-gomez #the

I mean to say, we all sprang from humble origins. Goodness gracious, who would have thought that a species of monkey would take over the kingdom of the world. … I cannot help but feel that the monkey was not a good choice. Surely one of the cat family would have been much more satisfactory. They have a much less emotional approach to life. ("The Shadmock") ↗

— R. Chetwynd-Hayes

#evolution #monkeys #family

When you're dealing with monkeys, you've got to expect some wrenches. ↗

— Alvah Bessie

#expect #got #monkeys #some #you

You never monkey with the truth. ↗

— Ben Bradlee

#never #truth #you

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

#cash #get #go #home #home run

I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents. ↗

— Prince Charles

#learned #learns #monkey #parents #watching

His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing? ↗

— Matthew Shipp

#even #fit #his #how #i

Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one of these individuals. ↗

— John Conyers

#change #come #enthusiasts #every #few