Dumby Quotes

Hardball author Chris Matthews discussed several philosophies of Italian writer Niccolo Machiavelli. Matthews used the following quote “Men are by nature as much bound by the benefits they confer as by those they receive.” Machiavelli discovered that to gain someone’s trust and loyalty, having the person perform a favor or task will achieve the connection. “He observed that when a city was besieged for many months, when the people had lived through tremendous hardship within the city’s walls, when they had suffered horror and hunger in defense of their prince, they were all the more loyal to him.” (Matthews 66) Thomas S. Foley, the former House majority leader, was rescued from a plane crash in Washington. The man, who saved Foley, never heard

“A Good Man Is Hard To Find” is a very compelling short story written by Flannery O’Connor. In this short story Flannery O’Connor tells a story of a man (Bailey) who plans on taking his family on a summer vacation in Florida, but the grandmother disagrees and insist that they go to Tennessee instead. She then tries to persuade Bailey to take the family to Tennessee by telling him that his two children had never been to Tennessee before and by showing him a news article, which showed that an escaped murderer called the Misfit was last seen headed to Florida. Bailey pays his mother no mind and takes his family to Florida anyway. Along the way the grandmother mistakenly kicks

"Each day, you will be tempted to follow and click the lick button of lies, lust, greed, fake, famous stories of old, packaged in a trendy new look, with technologically advanced bling or subtle traps." ~ Jon Barnes

This quote has been in inspiration in my life since the beginning of this year. The quote is anonymous but still has a story, a story with my life.

In “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara, the protagonist, Squeaky is over confident. She is over confident because she’d rather just knock you down, and she says she’s the fastest.

A countless amount of people spread rumors or false accusations about someone who has done nothing. In the book Hate List, many accusations and rumors were spread about the protagonist named Valerie. Valerie’s life has changed tremendously over time because of what people have been saying about her, and the lies that have been going around in her school. “All of this never really affected me. To be honest, I didn't care about what other people thought about me as I had Nick, who was always there for me. Things have changed” (Brown, 33). Before everything took place, Valerie never got affected by these rumours that would be going on as she had her boyfriend to hold tight while she was going through tough times. Nick would always be there for

1. Of the "Top 10 All-time Stupid Quotes," I found number 4 the most interesting. In this quote, Sean Covey says," This 'telephone' has too many shortcoming to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." I found this quote interesting because nowadays, who communicates by writing letters. Everyone has a phone and that is how we communicate with each other. If we don't talk to each other by text, then it is by a simple phone call that we receive instantly, rather waiting about a week for a letter to come in the mail. I couldn't image having to write letters to speak to anyone. Using phones is so much for simpler.

Meiko was able to control her destiny even going against the odds of Yasuko whom as well manipulating others. When Meiko son passed away, she manipulates Yasuko on top of Mikame and Ibkui who both have interest in her. One page 30 we read “"She has a peculiar power to move events in whatever direction she pleases, while she stays motionless.” As well seen on page 66 “And as long as Mr. Ibkui and Dr. Mikame are both so found of you, I thought if you could fall in love with one of them, you would be happier that way.” Which puts a cherry on top that throughout this book Meiko is going to whatever it takes to make Yasuko happy again whether she likes it or not.

The quote,”Character is what you are in the dark” is a very complex and unique quote. The idea the quote portrays is very interesting because it explains that people show their true colors when no one is watching. One book that applies to this concept is the young adult series knows as Divergent. The book Divergent is about a girl who has to make a decision between siding with the social norms or what she believes is right. Throughout the story, she meets a guy named Four who agrees with her beliefs and in the end, they decide to stand up against the authority and protect their city and the people they love the most.

The theme of the book is to not be influenced or influential in a negative way about our image. For instance, many of the main characters are extremely positive about being signified as the ugliest person in their class.”And while she is certainly isn’t happy about it, ugly is something people say about each other, and say about themselves,without even thinking the word is so generic it’s almost meaningless”(chapter 2). Danielle is amongst those remaining positive about being placed on an opinionated list deciding whether they are the prettiest or the ugliest of their class.Danielle and other students named the ugliest are providing and approaching attitude towards the readers.

“He shrieked once--once only. In an instant, I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him.” He had to kill the man because of the evil eye. He is insane.

History has already shown what is likely to happen. The ball has been down this court before and he could see already the light at the end of the tunnel—but without Candy in his life. The birdie in his mind said to him, “Obviously, it’s been a very difficult two days for you, Markel. You failed to see the writing on the wall Friday night. It’s just apples versus oranges, and it’s not a level playing field by any means. Another way to look at it is: it’s like you’ve taken a rare orchid and shut her away in a dark outhouse. You haven’t nourished her or paid her enough attention. Is it any wonder that her roots are struggling to survive? Candy is a trapped bird whose wings have been broken, she is a Fabergé egg that you have boiled

I watched in horror as soccer balls flew over my head at rocket speed. I could never imagine myself stopping a ball flying that fast. The whole situation felt hopeless until one fateful day. My older brother, who also play soccer, had decided to ask his teams’ goalie to attend my practice. This goalie was none other than Michael Hyland. He walked in with a infectious smile that seemed to brighten the practice. He came over to me and introduced himself and quickly began giving me tips and how to pick up the ball with proper technique. Although he didn’t have to, Michael showed up to every practice after that and helped me improve over the years. Each day he focused on making me a better player, and helping me learn how to play the position. Soon it didn’t feel like I was forced to play goalie, instead I looked forward to going to practice and learning new skills. Each day I went to practice, Michael was there coaching me one on one and encouraging me to keep trying. With Michael, it became easy to laugh at my mistakes and try harder to become better. His constant support helped shape me into the goalie and person that I am today, but it wasn’t just his hard working attitude that helped me, it was the fact

During my childhood, I grew up knowing only my close family members. As the youngest son in our family, my father was quite protective of me. This created a huge barrier with the external relationship environment. Upon starting school at a tender age of ten, I immediately found myself in the wilderness, knowing no one despite majority of my classmates hailing from my immediate neighborhood. On one of those initial schooldays I was teamed up with a certain blonde boy named Michael Smith. We were required to perform some minor physical exercise which involved competing with other pairs of boys and girls in short distance sprinting.

Reason 1: A guy knows you like him and he know he likes you, but when you get together he pays you know attention and acts real rude. THATS JUST STUPID !