Half of these make no sense unless you were there in the moment, but here are some memorable quotes from the past three months.
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"We should be drinking right now..." – Rich, as we discuss religion and politics in seminar.
“What is
homecoming?” – Georgia
“PROPS.” – Sarah
Andrews on life.
“She’s not even
a Christian but, oh, that voice would turn people to Christ.” – Georgia on
hearing a talented non-Christian singer in her gospel choir.
“She fell out of
the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.” – Tony on Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
“We have this wonderful
thing called bull sh*t.” – Martin on the media bias.
“They are always
hanging up on me. I don’t even know
why…” – Martin on telephoning his kids.
“I know some
American history… Bill Clinton! And
Hillary Duff. I mean, Hillary Clinton.
Yeah.” – Bex
“Today we will
be discussing how the government works (or doesn’t
work, in your case).” – Martin commenting on the US government shutdown in
lecture.
“Unless you can
out BS the other BS-ers, you can’t be Prime Minister.” – Martin on the Prime
Minister’s job.
“I always say the cause of WWI is… the “R” word.” –
Martin
“Republicans?” –
Kaitlyn
“RACISM.” –
Martin
“I don’t know about you, but I think those are sexy
grapes. I want to reach out and grab
those luscious grapes.” – Brain on Georgia O’Keefe’s painting Grapes on a White Dish.
“Georgia, is your middle name Massachusetts?” –
Crystal
“How did you find it?” – Georgia on the Christians
in Sport meeting at Costa
“What, the
Costa? I knew where it was. It’s on the
high street.” – Me
“No, I mean,
like, how did you find it? Good?” –
Georgia
“OH. You mean
how did I like it?” – Me
“No, I mean how did you find it? …” – Georgia
“I thought we discussed this already!” – Jonathon
“Calm down, tiger!”
– Kaitlyn
“You can tell I was born in a time of rationing…
I’ve been saving up on food for years” (pats his enormous beer belly) – Martin
“Why are you FB stalking me?” – Kaitlyn
“I want to know
you.” – Georgia
“I got mad – I ripped the cat.” – Kaitlyn
“What about Jersey Shore? West Dakota?
New England? …” – Bex on naming the 50 United States.
“It’s not like we’re going to Mexico. I can just find an ATM and get cash.” – Me on going
to London.
“I think heaven will be quite good.” – Georgia
(completely serious)
“I’m over it… But I reflect on it daily.” – Georgia
on growing up with two older brothers who are abusive
“She/he needs to get a grip.” – Georgia on
everything.
“Is this written by an American? Americans have this way of using the most
complicated words… like, what is this?
This is not a word. I think she’s
made it up.” (looks at the front cover of the article) “Ah, yes. She’s from Yale. You might need a dictionary
to read this one.” – Random tutor in the
café
“It’s 16o’clock” – Crystal
"You might surprise yourself" (in a husky, quiet whisper) – Sarah Andrews
"You might surprise yourself" (in a husky, quiet whisper) – Sarah Andrews
“I’m studying W. E. B. da-boys” – Georgia
"Jon wrote 'Print legibly' on his course evaluation form. Aaaaand he misspelled the word 'legibly.' Sigh." – Pat
