Mike Scantlebury > Mike's Quotes

“The Key to the answers to all the questions of Life - all the blessings and curses of the World - lie not in men's hearts, but in their bones. as quoted in 'The Bone Key Curse'(2008)”
― Josephus, Complete Works of Josephus

“We were convinced that she looked on with indifference if she noticed us at all. Today I know that everything watches, that nothing goes unseen, and that even wallpaper has a better memory than ours. It isn't God in His heaven that sees all. A kitchen chair, a coathanger, a half-filled ash tray, or the wooden replica of a woman named Niobe can perfectly well serve as an unforgetting witness to every one of our acts.”
― Günter Grass, The Tin Drum

“I have for a long time felt that our society is becoming more and more fractured and divisive and that you could go a whole day without really talking to another person. If you give people a good book to talk about, you can build a community out of a diverse group. A common language grows out of it.”
― Nancy Pearl

“If you can't stand the heat, stop turning up the thermostat." (You know it makes sense)”
― Mike Scantlebury, Fresh Heir

“The cliff has an edge so that we know where is the point at which we have to turn back. It's not a signal to explore further.”
― Jimmy Hurlin

“The President didn't seem to realize that in order to make sound decisions there needed to be at least one adult in the room.”
― Michael Wolff, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House