Seats Quotes - Page 27

• We usually think of ourselves as sitting the driver's seat, with ultimate control over the decisions we made and the direction our life takes; but, alas, this perception has more to do with our desires-with how we want to view ourselves, than with reality.

  Dan Ariely

  Reality, Thinking, Views

  "Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions". Book by Dan Ariely, February 19, 2008.

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• The ship's boards were still sticky with new resin. We leaned over the railing to wave our last farewell, the sun-warm wood pressed against our bellies. The sailors heaved up the anchor, square and chalky with barnacles, and loosened the sails. Then they took their seats at the oars that fringed the boat like eyelashes, waiting for the count. The drums began to beat, and the oars lifted and fell, taking us to Troy.

  Madeline Miller

  Farewell, Squares, Eyelashes

  Madeline Miller (2011). “The Song of Achilles”, p.179, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• The Amyrlin Seat has fallen," a nearby Aes Sedai cried amid the crystallized Sharans. "The Amyrlin Seat has fallen!

  Robert Jordan

  Fallen, Cried

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.810, Macmillan

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• People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

  Rosa Parks

  Giving Up, Tired, People

  Rosa Parks, James Haskins (1999). “Rosa Parks: my story”, Puffin

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• She went to the window seat and sat there, sniffling, hating them all, and herself most of all. It was all her fault, everything bad that had happened.

  George R. R. Martin

  Hate, Faults, Window

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.229, Bantam

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• Yes,' he said sincerely. 'Such a one deserves peanut butter on the seat of his pants.

  Patricia Briggs

  Peanut Butter, Pants, Peanuts

  Patricia Briggs (2013). “Frost Burned”, p.76, Penguin

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• If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• He was the first to reach the aircraft, and he went for the door that by some miracle was facing outward and not into the concrete wall. Wrenching the thing open, and getting out his flashlight, he didn’t know what to expect inside—smoke? Fumes? Blood and body parts? Zsadist was sitting rigid in a backward-facing seat, his big body strapped in, both hands locked on the armrests. The Brother was staring straight ahead and not blinking. “Have we stopped moving?” he said hoarsely

  J.R. Ward

  Brother, Wall, Moving

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• This is stolen? We're in a stolen jet?" "Not stolen," said Donegan Bane from the co-pilot's seat. "Almost stolen," Grascious corrected. "Semi-stolen," said Donegan. "Quasi stolen," said Grascious. Aurora's frown did not turn upside down. "So is it stolen or not?" Donegan and Grascious hesitated. "Yes,"they both said toghether.

  Derek Landy

  Aurora, Pilots, Upside Down

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• God made you to love him supremely, but he lost you. He returned to get you back, but it took the cross to do it. He absorbed your darkness so that one day you can finally and dazzlingly become your true self and take your seat at his eternal feast.

  Timothy Keller

  Self, Darkness, One Day

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• There are big bad wolves all over the world who tremble at the sound of his name, yet a little puny coyote girl peanut-buttered the seat of Bran Cornick’s car because he told her that she should wear a dress to perform for the pack.

  Patricia Briggs

  Girl, Names, Car

  Patricia Briggs (2013). “Frost Burned: Mercy Thompson”, p.110, Hachette UK

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• Just head over to the risers, Lady America," she said. "You may sit anywhere you like. So you know, most of the girls have already claimed the front row." She looked sorry for me, as if she were delivering bad news. "Oh, thank you," I said, and went happily to take a seat in the back.

  Kiera Cass

  Girl, Sorry, America

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• Kylie stormed into Holiday's office. She dropped down into the seat across from the desk and looked her friend and camp leader right in the eyes. "I hate boys. I'm seriously considering going lesbian." Holiday's expression was part grin, part groan. "If it was that easy, ninety percent of the women in the world would be gay." She made a funny little face and then asked, "So...boy problems?

  C.C. Hunter

  Hate, Holiday, Eye

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• So this is the young man who has intentions toward my little girl." Bobby shifted in his seat and crossed his legs. "It is not fun on this side of the table, is it, Robert?" Uncle Eddie huffed, and Kat had to remember that once upon a time her mother had been a dark-haired girl in that kitchen, and her dad had been the stray she'd brought home. She watched the two men looking at Hale as if they'd never before laid eyes on him. "He's better-looking than the last vagabond I had to take in," Eddie said, standing and carrying empty bowls to the sink. "I'll give him that.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Mother, Uncles

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• I'm sorry," I heard him say again. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sudden blur of movement as he slid out of his seat, left some bills for the breakfast he wouldn't eat, and walked away. And as he did, I thought again of those mornings in the hallway at school, way back in ninth grade. Everything had started in such sharp detail, each aspect pronounced and clear. Obviously, endings were different. Harder to see, full of shapes that could be one thing or another, with all the things that you were once so sure of suddenly not familiar, if they were even recognizable at all.

  Sarah Dessen

  Morning, Sorry, Eye

  Sarah Dessen (2013). “The Moon and More”, p.87, Penguin

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• You can’t really yell at your boyfriend for stealing your seat and your best friend. You also can’t yell at your best friend for stealing your boyfriend. Or you can…but Hi seemed like a much easier way to start the morning.

  Ally Carter

  Morning, Your Boyfriend, Way

  Ally Carter (2012). “Gallagher Girls: Out of Sight, Out of Time”, p.36, Hachette UK

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• Dear Heavenly Father, I have a friend who stands as close as a brother, a brave soul. I have seen in him the heart of a warrior... He is gallant, loyal, and true, sacrificing his esteem, forfeiting his comfort, even spilling his blood. But, what color is his soul? My friend has a desperate need, and I have seen it. How can I be his accuser, condemning the one who has gladly poured out his blood in my stead? But shall I deny my witness? There is a darkness, a gnawing void behind those eyes of steel... Will you make him a knight, dressed in holy raiment, fit to take a seat at your table?

  Bryan Davis

  Brother, Father, Eye

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• Is that an invitation?” “I suppose it is.” “Good.” Cade’s voice dropped lower, adding one last thing before hanging up. “And tell your friend in the striped shirt that he’s in my seat.

  Julie James

  Voice, Lasts, Shirts

  Julie James (2013). “Love Irresistibly”, p.65, Penguin

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• I have to force a smile off my face as I sit limply in my seat... Then, just as I'm congratulating myself for such a stellar plan.

  Marie Lu

  Faces, Force, Stellar

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• Let him treat you like a lady and open the car door for you. If he doesn't automatically open the door for you, stand by the darn thing and don't get into the vehicle until he realises he needs to get hid behind out of the driver's seat and come round and open the car door for you. That's his job!

  Steve Harvey

  Jobs, Doors, Car

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• Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.

  Julia Child

  Food, Use, Restaurants

  "Julia Child: What I've Learned". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. June 2001.

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• Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Graduation, Fighting

  President Barack Obama's remarks at Barnard College Commencement Ceremony in Columbia University, New York, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 14, 2012.

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• Every artist, every scientist, must decide now where he stands. He has no alternative. There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights. There are no impartial observers. Through the destruction, in certain countries, of the greatest of man's literary heritage, through the propagation of false ideas of racial and national superiority, the artist, the scientist, the writer is challenged. The struggle invades the formerly cloistered halls of our universities and other seats of learning. The battlefront is everywhere. There is no sheltered rear.

  Paul Robeson

  Country, Struggle, Artist

  Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). “Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974”, Brunner-Routledge

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• I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Power, Levers, Very Good

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• It's probably not love if you don't press your face to the toilet seat after they've used it to feel their warmth.

  Rob Delaney

  Love, Relationship, Laughing

  Twitter post from Oct 4, 2013

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