kirsty’s most recent Quotables

Ainsley Hayes: Mr. Tribbey? I'd like to do well on this, my first assignment. Any advice you could give me that might point me the way of success would be, by me, appreciated.
Lionel Tribbey: Well, not speaking in iambic pentameter might be a step in the right direction.

Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes. Schools should be palaces. Competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be getting six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge for its citizens, just like national defense. That is my position. I just haven't figured out how to do it yet.

Donna Moss: Schadenfreude?
C.J. Cregg: You know, enjoying the suffering of others. The whole rationale behind the House of Representatives.

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

The primary responsibility of a wine is to be red.

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't the apples will rot anyway.

It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!

It’s actually a rare and precious thing to discover what it is you love to do, and I encourage you to remain unapologetically consumed by it. Be faithful to your gift and very confident in its value.

Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.

Did you know Photons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

Englishman: Oh, it's Cricket. Marvelous game. The bowler hurls the ball toward the batter who tries to play away a fine leg. He endeavors to score by dashing between the creases, provided the wicket keeper hasn't whipped his bails off, of course.
Peter: Anybody get that?
Cleveland: The only British idiom I know is that "fag" means "cigarette."
Peter: Well, someone tell this "cigarette" to shut up.

The thing is, Adam, time travel is like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guidebook, you've got to throw yourself in. Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers. [beat] Or is that just me?

Allons-y!

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.