K. Martin Beckner Quotes

People create all kind of fancy watches and clocks, never stopping to realize they're building monuments to the greatest of all thieves.

I wanted to go in and tell them that, but George thought it would just be stirring up some trouble, you know, stirring up the cow pile. A cow pile may looked dried up, but if you stir it up, it can start to stink again.

I could just hear my mom now, "You know those old candy cigarettes are bad for you. Next thing you know, you'll be drinking alcohol, and they'll find you dead in a ditch somewhere. I'll never be able to show my face in this town again.

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. I think I would have more fun chopping thistles with a butter knife.

Stephanie took another puff from her candy cigarette, reached into her purse, brought out the rest of the pack, and said, "Want one of these damned cigarettes?

You'll never avoid every mistake. All you can do is try to do your best and live with the consequences.

Anyway," continued Mr. Miller, "when I was a kid, people used to sit under the stars at night and look up into the sky and talk about things. They got to know each other. People Today is too busy staring at the television, what I call the idiot box, to talk about anything. That's why there are so many divorces these days. People don't talk

It's a wonder Hell don't open up and swallow her as the highlight of the service.