Bus Quotes - Page 9

• It might sound naive to suggest that whether you order a chicken patty or a veggie burger is a profoundly important decision. Then again, it certainly would have sounded fantastic if in the 1950's you were told that where you sat in a restaurant or on a bus could begin to uproot racism.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Order, Racism, Decision

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2009.

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• For a split second, Harry thought how absurd it was for Tonks to expect the dummy to hear her talking that quietly through a sheet of glass, when there were buses rumbling along behind her and all the racket of street full of shoppers. Then he reminded himself that dummies could not hear anyway.

  J. K. Rowling

  Glasses, Talking, Splits

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• Do you remember? When the fights seemed to go on and on, and always ended with us in bed, tearing at each other like maybe that could change everything. In a couple of months you'd be seeing somebody else and I would too; she was no darker than you but she washed her panties in the shower and had hair like a sea of little punos and the first time you saw us, you turned around and boarded a bus I knew you didn't have to take. When my girl said, Who was that? I said, Just some girl.

  Junot Diaz

  Girl, Couple, Fighting

  Junot Diaz (2012). “This Is How You Lose Her”, p.53, Faber & Faber

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• Ah. Yeah, that would be better. Have you ever driven a bus?" Caine shook his head. "No, I have not." "Strangely enough," Sam said, remembering the long ago moment of terror and competence that had earned him the nicknames School Bus Sam, "I have.

  Michael Grant

  School, Long Ago, Would Be

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• But mostly I remember every morning before school. How she'd say "Hey, honey!" just I was walking out the apartment door. And me stopping and turning around and saying "What?" And her saying "I love you." And me rolling my eyes like I just wanted to hurry up so I didn't miss the bus. I'd start going again and she'd say "Hey, honey!" and I'd pretend I was so annoyed 'cause she was wasting time and I had to go catch the bus. And how secretly it was my favorite part of every day.

  Matt de la Pena

  Morning, Love You, School

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• Our lips met hungrily, and his clever artistic hands wrapped around my hips. A sudden buzz from my regular cell phone startled me from the kissing. "Don't," said Adrian, his eyes ablaze and breathing ragged. "What if there's a crisis at school?" I asked. "What if Angeline 'accidentally' stole one of the campus buses and drove it into the library?" "Why would she do that?" "Are you saying she wouldn't?" He sighed. "Go check it.

  Richelle Mead

  Clever, School, Eye

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• People don’t realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus.

  Marisha Pessl

  People, Realizing, Life Is

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• And the flavor of Pippa's kiss--bittersweet and strange--stayed with me all the way back uptown, swaying and sleepy as I sailed home on the bus, melting with sorrow and loveliness, a starry ache that lifted me up above the windswept city like a kite: my head in the rainclouds, my heart in the sky.

  Donna Tartt

  Heart, Home, Kissing

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• I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

  Harrison Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• We're no longer arguing about riding in the back of the bus, but being the bus driver or the president of the bus company. We're not pushing for the right to buy the hot dog, but selling the hot dog and the right to own the hot dog franchise.

  Benjamin Hooks

  Dog, Justice, Diversity

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• One road trip we were stuck on the runway for seven hours. The plane kept driving and driving until we arrived at the rink and I realized we were on a bus.

  Glenn Healy

  Hockey, Nhl, Driving

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• What I compare bike lanes to is swimming with the sharks. Sooner or later you're going to get bitten... Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks, not for people on bikes. My heart bleeds for them when I hear someone gets killed, but it's their own fault at the end of the day.

  Rob Ford

  Heart, Swimming, Sharks

  Remarks on cyclist, bicycling.com, May 3, 2012.

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• I have to be really honest: People who say they can't escape the paparazzi are full of sh*t. Let me just be the artist to throw everybody under the bus. I don't spend lots of money on houses or lots of cars, but I do spend money on security and they never find me.

  Lady Gaga

  Artist, People, Car

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• Write in the kitchen, lock yourself up in the bathroom. Write on the bus or the welfare line, on the job or during meals.

  Gloria E. Anzaldúa

  Jobs, Writing, Kitchen

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• When I was 23, 24, I used to have a really bad runny nose, mucus, tons of acne, reddishness all over. A woman on a bus I took looked at me and said I was lactose intolerant. She said: 'Stop dairy for three days, and all this is going to go away.' I stopped dairy, and sure enough it was gone three days later, never to return except when I get dairy accidentally.

  Woody Harrelson

  Going Away, Return, Three

  "Bus Advice Turned Harrelson Vegan" by Wenn.com, March 30, 2010.

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• The mayor of Newark, N.J. wants to set up a citywide program to improve residents' health. The health care program would consist of a bus ticket out of Newark.

  Conan O'Brien

  Care, Want, Tickets

  "'Try JFK, Buddy': Conan O'Brien Joke Doesn't Fly, Gets Him Barred From Newark Airport" by Antoinette Kelly, abcnews.go.com. October 3, 2009.

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• The mystique and the romance of a big wedding are lost on me. I don't think that I could ever do something that extravagant. I am not much of a planner. I would probably make the phone call 20 minutes before the bus leaves for the chapel and ask if anyone is available to come. That's probably how my wedding is going to end up.

  Cameron Diaz

  Thinking, Phones, Romance

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• If I meet someone at a bus stop, I want to really meet that person. I don't want to be 'Hugh Jackman, the famous actor.'

  Hugh Jackman

  Bus Stops, Actors, Want

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• Anthony Weiner deserves to be supported and hopefully he will be mayor of New York one day. I'm serious. He is a Democrat [who] actually fights for the things liberals and progressive and rational people care about. I don't know why he's being thrown under the bus. He hasn't done any - he hasn't broke any laws.

  Janeane Garofalo

  New York, Fighting, Law

  "Actress defends Weiner, says 'everyone lies about sex'" by Bob Cusack, thehill.com. June 11, 2011.

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• If one person starts crying, I'll cry. If one person has no money, I'll give them mine. If I had a bicycle growing up, I always felt incredibly guilty when I see someone sitting at the bus stop.

  Rose McGowan

  Growing Up, Bus Stops, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was a French Quarter rat from the moment I could get on a bus by myself and go to the French Quarter. I played music most of my early life and it just seemed that to entertain people was a really good thing to do.

  John Larroquette

  French Quarter, People, Rats

  "Tavis Smiley Tonight", October 18, 2008.

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• The roses, the lovely notes, the dining and dancing are all welcome and splendid. But when the Godiva is gone, the gift of real love is having someone who'll go the distance with you. Someone who, when the wedding day limo breaks down, is willing to share a seat on the bus.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Wedding, Real, Distance

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• When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, "Has the bus come yet?". If the bus came would I be standing here?

  Billy Connolly

  Funny, Witty, Waiting

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• For me, businesses are like buses. You stand on a corner and you don't like where the first bus is going? Wait ten minutes and take another. Don't like that one? They'll just keep coming. There's no end to buses or businesses.

  Sheldon Adelson

  Inspiration, Waiting, Firsts

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• When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference?

  Jesse Owens

  Running, Country, Differences

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