Memorable Words

There was a supercilious grin on his lips, but deep in his eyes lurked an uneasy gleam. Landon, Herman

While the goggles aren’t cheap — they cost about $19,000 — they might save money in the long run by reducing superfluous scans.

There is a tendency nowadays to hark back with nostalgia to the mythical good old days, usually imagined as about forty or fifty years ago. Salon (Sep 15, 2013)

An ambivalent person may feel very strongly about the subject at hand without reaching anything like a coherent point of view on it. Slate (Jun 13, 2013)

For one thing, there are fewer Riddler – excuse me – Enigma clues to go after. Forbes (Oct 29, 2013)

The obesity paradox is that excess weight can at times be helpful.

Detroit's goalie was irate, screaming at an official while the Blackhawks celebrated their comeback. Seattle Times (May 27, 2013)

Bones, on the other hand, has always been a cantankerous character, so his complaining has always provoked some bemusement by default among Star Trek faithful. Forbes (May 17, 2013)

Five drunken elk — apparently high from eating fermented apples — got belligerent and kept a Swedish resident from entering his own home. Seattle Times (Aug 29, 2013)

He was responding to Obama's earlier statements reiterating his demands for "clean" debt limit and government funding measures.