Quotes of the Week - Oct 12, 2008:
"Your company is now bankrupt, our economy is now in a state of crisis,
but you get to keep $480 million. I have a very basic question for you:
Is this fair?" -- Henry Waxman, chairman of US House Oversight Committee,
questioning Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld over bank's collapse.
"Our opponent is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so
imperfect that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their
own country." -- Sarah Palin, accusing Barack Obama of associating
with Bill Ayers, founder of Weather Underground, which was involved in
several bombings in early 1970s.
"We can solve this crisis and we will." -- US President
George Bush, on economic crisis.
Authors:
The Catcher in the Rye Quotes, Famous Catcher in the Rye Quotes
He
started telling us how he was never ashamed, when he was in
some kind of trouble or something, to get right down on his
knees and pray to God. He told us we should always pray to God
- talk to Him and all - whenever we were. He told us we ought
to think of Jesus as our buddy and all. He said he talked
to Jesus all the time. Even when he was driving in his car.
That killed me. I can just see the big phony bastard shifting
into first gear and asking Jesus to send him a few more stiffs. The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in Chapter 3
What
really knocks me out is a book, when you're all done reading
it, you wished the author that wrote it was a terrific friend
of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you
felt like it. The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in Chapter 3
Ask
her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row. The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in Chapter 4
People
never believe you. The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in Chapter 5
You
could also hear old Ackley snoring. Right through the goddam
shower curtains you could hear him. he has sinus trouble and
he couldn't breathe too hot when he was asleep. That guy had
just about everything. Sinus trouble, pimples, lousy teeth,
halitosis, crumby fingernails. You had to feel a little sorry
for that crazy sonuvabitch. The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in Chapter 5
When
I really worry about something, I don't just fool around. I
even have to go to the bathroom when I worry about something.
Only, I don't go. I'm too worried to go. I don't want to interrupt
my worrying to go. The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in Chapter 6
All
morons hate it when you call them a moron. The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in Chapter 6
Almost
every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me
sad. The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in Chapter 7
When
I was all set to go, when I had my bags and all, I stood for
a while next to the stairs and took a last look down that goddam
corridor. I was sort of crying. I don't know why. I put my red
hunting hat on, and turned the peak around to the back, the
way I liked it, and then I yelled at the top of my goddam voice,
"Sleep tight, ya morons!" I'll bet I woke up
every bastard on the whole floor. Then I got the hell out. Some
stupid guy had thrown peanut shells all over the stairs, and
I damn near broke my crazy neck. The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in Chapter 7
Sensitive.
That killed me. That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a
toilet seat. The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield in Chapter 8