M Quotes
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“Money... is like a beautiful thoroughbred horse - very powerful & always in action, but unless this horse is trained when very young, it will be an out-of-control & dangerous animal when it grows to maturity.”
“Money...buys privacy, silence. The less money you have, the noisier it is; the thinner your walls, the closer your neighbors.... The first thing you notice when you step into the house or apartment of a rich person is how quiet it is.”
“Money: in its absence, we are coarse; in its presence, we are vulgar.”
“Money: power at its most liquid.”
“Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.”
Source: The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version
“Money? How did I lose it? I never did lose it. I just never knew where it went.”
“Money? I lost all taste for it.”
“Moneyed, Prosperous, Wealthy and Abundance are totally different dimensions and mutually exclusive to each other.”
Source: The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!
“Moneymaking was never anything to me. I was happy never making money; I just was happy doing things I liked. But I fell into the money thing. I now don't feel guilty about it, but I am determined to give away the bulk of it and enjoy doing it.”
“Mongkol, poor Mongkol, shedding tears.
Thinking of his smiling, comical face, and his dreams of sending his son to university, I could only lower my head in silence.
And the night continued, cold and dark, the wind frozen beyond the mountains.”
Source: Death by Perfume
“Mongolia, I have never been anywhere quite like it. The people are wild, and the animals are tame. The whole country is fuelled by passion.”
“Mongolia is a fascinating country; visit if you can. It is one of the world's last frontiers with space and landscape that defies definition.”
“Mongolia, we set up camp in the fading light and the extraordinary beauty of this lake and this country.”
“Mongooses lack the larynx and jaws for speech, to say nothing of the motivation.”
Source: The Curious Case of the Talking Mongoose
“Moni ruotsalainen poliitikko, joka on tottunut kansankodin järjestyneisiin oloihin ja siivoon politikointiin, pitää Suomea arvoituksellisena maana, jonka sisäpolitiikka on julmaa peliä ja ulkopolitiikka bysanttilaista juonittelua.”
Source: Veteen piirretty viiva: havaintoja ja merkintöjä vuosilta 1953 - 1965
“Monica, I read something on Instagram the other day. It said, Mother is a verb, not a noun. I think it means there are many ways to mother without actually being one. Look at you and your café. You nurture loads of people, every day.”
Source: The Authenticity Project
“Monica Langley has a great piece in The Wall Street Journal about how they're trying to create different kinds of moments for Donald Trump, as opposed to just him shouting at rallies. They're trying to get him in classrooms, and in churches, and in diners and places where he can make a more personal connection.”
“Monica Langley of the "Wall Street Journal" is reporting that Donald Trump's strategy is essentially two-pronged. that he's trying to use the split in the GOP to rally his base and trying to depress Democratic turnout.”
“Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.”
“Monica Vitti is astonishingly mobile. Few actresses have such mobile features. She has her own personal and original way of acting.”
“Monique bit at the side of lip. “He’s pretty active, I don’t want to impose…”
Tony stood and scooped up the puppy. “No, seriously, I’d love a little company.”
Source: Problems at the Pub
“Monique, I realize that it's a short list of men in this town you haven't tied up, held down or sent to the free clinic, but why don't you just leave Leo alone. At least until he can update his vaccinations.”
Source: Opal Fire
“Monique was the most unlikely girl to be tending bar at a place like the French Hotel in Monrovia. She was the girl guys would ask, “What’s a sweet girl like you doing in a place like this?” I, like everyone else, liked Monique and always chatted her up. Monique loved the attention and had a heavy hand with the bottles. The later into the evening it got, the more she poured. In Liberia there were no laws holding a bartender responsible for the inebriated actions of their patrons and she was just being friendly. What’s more is that all the expats kept returning.
Monique was a dark haired beauty. Slight of stature, she had a pleasant demeanor and a cute French accent. Having some difficulty with English, she would listen intently and try to repeat what was said. Her mannerisms were a delight to watch as she tended bar. For the men, in this hot forsaken place, Monique was a breath of fresh air and an attentive young female to talk to. Her French perfume was a most pleasant contrast to the foul odors that normally filled the air in Monrovia.
I liked Monique, didn’t everyone? She was a hot French mademoiselle and looked the part with her cute slightly turned up nose, brown eyes and dark brown hair. In fact she looked very much like Leslie Caron. No one took photos like they do today, so just to give you an idea of how she looked, I was tempted to use a publicity photo of Leslie. However with copyright laws being what they are, I prudently resisted that idea. Although Monique always flirted with me, it was always in a cute or perhaps an innocent way. Without the little encouragement, which I hoped for, I was starting to think of her more like a sister. No, that wasn’t quite it. Although she was always flirtatious and cutesy, the truth was that she just wasn’t available to me and I didn’t know why.”
“Monique whirled around and ran to her husband. “Pray with me, pray with me. We are going to die this night, Alexander.”
Raven shut the door and leaned against it. “Don’t panic on me, Monique. We have a chance if we can stall him.”
Alexander glared at her, his arm protectively around his wife, his hand already swollen and sore looking. “Don’t listen to her, Monique. She almost strangled me and threw me against the wall with unbelievable strength. She is unclean.”
Raven rolled her eyes in exasperation. “I’m beginning to wish I did have all that power you think I have. I’d find a way to keep you from talking.”
“He is afraid for us.” Monique spoke in a conciliatory tone. “Can’t we take off his chains?”
“He would try to attack Andre the moment he returned.” Raven made a face at Alexander, completely exasperated with him. “That would get him killed fast.”
Do not release the human.
Like I had planned to run right in and do a very stupid thing, she sent back as sarcastically as she was able. She had enough problems without Mikhail treating her as if she didn’t have a brain. Don’t worry, I’m considering gagging him, and you too, if you keep it up.”
Source: Dark Prince
“Monism: because counting is hard.”
“Monitor and control every passing day so as to live without regrets”
“Monitor motives.”
“Monitoring activities is neither new or intrusive. We did that with communities in terms of getting rid of the mob. And cops, believe me, do not want to do this. Do you think they really want to listen to you chant five times a day. However, you should look on the bright side: you might convert them.”
“Monitoring and evaluation are a sine qua non of any organized structure. Laconic monitoring and prudent evaluation are the key to success of any project or assignment.”
“Monitoring and evaluation are a sine qua non of any organized structure. Laconic monitoring and prudent evaluation are the keys to the success of any project or assignment”
“Monitoring and reviewing are the two paddles of the decision making cycle.”
Source: How Leaders Decide: Tackling Biases and Risks in Decision Making
“Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers.”
“Monk... not monk but Andrian Monk makes mistakes if he makes then and we can.”
“Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street.”
Source: Miles
“Monk was a gentle person, gentle and beautiful, but he was strong as an ox. And if I had ever said something about punching Monk out in front of his face - and I never did - then somebody should have just come and got me and taken me to the madhouse, because Monk could have just picked my little ass up and thrown me through a wall.”
Source: Miles
“Monk worked on his remaining Intertect cases at his dining table while I tried to hone my detecting instincts by reading the Murder, She Wrote novel he bought in Mill Valley.
I can't say that I learned much about investigative procedure but I discovered that you should stay far away from Cabot Cove. That tiny New England village is deadlier than Beirut, South Central Los Angeles, and the darkest back alley in Juarez combined. Even though every killer eventually gets caught by Jessica Fletcher, I still wouldn't feel safe there. I'm surprised the old biddy walks around town unarmed.”
Source: Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop
“MONKEY”
“Monkey bar," Annabeth said. "I'm great at these." She leaped onto to the first rung and start swinging her way across. She was scared of tiny spiders, but not of plummeting to her death from a set of monkey bars. Go figure.”
Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth
“Monkey Beach is a moody, powerful novel full of memorable characters. Reading it was like entering a pool of emerald water to discover a haunted world shivering with loss and love, regret and sorrow, where the spirit world is as real as the human. I was sucked into it with the very first sentence and when I left, it was with a feeling of immense reluctance.”
“Monkey can make a long jump with his muscles; and man, with his wisdom!”
“Monkey see, monkey imitate -
Human challenge is to find yourself.
Once you do, that's when you start to glow,
Synthetic sparklers only drag you to descent.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“Monkeying around with other apes, a monkey was made - called, HUMAN. God is great!”
“Monkeypox is demonstrating why smart people stay in monogamous relationships.”
“Monkeypox!
Where's the connection?”
“Monkeys are caught in a number of ways, but one of the most unique ways is a do-it-yourself project. Make or perhaps get a large sturdy wooden box out of dunnage or plywood and modify it so that one side is mostly wire-mesh. Drill a hole into one of the adjoining sides that is just large enough for the monkey’s hand to fit through. Finally, place a banana into the box through a trap door installed in the bottom of the box.
The result should be that the banana in the box is visible to the monkey through the side having the wire-mesh. Seeing the banana, the monkey will reach through the hole, grab the banana and then try to pull it through the hole. Of course, having made a fist around the banana makes the monkey’s hand too large for it to be extracted. Normally the monkey’s greed will overcome his intelligence and he won’t let go and Voila, you have caught the little critter and now the fun begins!
The difficult part is separating the monkey from the banana and the box without the monkey biting and tearing your hand to shreds. This part works best if you have a large cage which you can use to transfer the monkey into. However, wearing gloves is definitely a given!”
“Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.”
“Monkeys can't talk, stupid!”
“Monkeys define civilization by the capacity to kill, humans define civilization by sustainable development.”
Source: Sonnets From The Mountaintop
“Monkeys do not laugh. Laughter is particular to men.”
Source: The Name of the Rose