Quotation Explorer - 'Penny'

There was a young woman named Jenny, Whose limericks weren't worth a penny. Her rhythm and rhyme Were perfectly fine But whenever she tried to write any, She always had one line too many. - Anonymous
I would rather never make a penny on book sales and know that many had derived some fair pleasure from my writing, than to know that very few had ever taken a chance on my work. I certainly won't last forever, but I'd love to think that my imagination will continue to surface in the minds of others. - Eric Diehl
A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned - Benjamin Franklin
Dorian sat quietly for a moment and then said, We all straddle the abyss, Penny. If you never look down, how will you ever know who you are or what you will become? Your dad could never be ashamed of you, because falling in that abyss is part of the process of growing up. - Karen Gammons
If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny. - Steven Wright
A penny saved is worth two pennies earned . . . after taxes. - Randy Thurman
Dreams begin when you stop to pick up the penny - you realize the continual effort you must endure to have something worth obtaining. - Bernice Miller
Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man wants to make a million dollars, the the best way would be to start his own religion. - L. Ron Hubbard
I am the penny whistle of American literature. - Nelson Algren
A penny will hide the biggest star in the Universe if you hold it close enough to your eye.
If we had a penny for each time God smiled at us, we would all be billionaires. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Sherry Carroll is a real life Penny Lane and one wonders if she hasn't got Cameron Crowe or Lester Bangs hidden somewhere in her suburban basement. - Maria Waters
a penny for my thoughts oh no i'll sell em for a dollar their worth so much more after im a goner and then maybe you'll hear the words ive been singing funny when your dead how people start listening - The Band Perry
Failures and mistakes are lessons, keep study school doesn't deserv a penny to give what you remember from school is just the worst stuff. - Deyth Banger
Penny was a very pretty, witty and brave girl, as bold as a Marine platoon storming Iwo Jima. - John C. Wright
"A penny for your thoughts?" "A dollar for your death."
When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny? - George Carlin
Once, I took the penny whistle you gave me and discovered a spotby the roaring falls where I could play as loud as I wanted. I lay in the bifurcated trunkof a low-slung birch tree. The sun peeked through applauding leaves, high overhead. - Kristen Henderson
Every penny that has always been earned with integrity by a person to lead life with a real simplicity has only perhaps helped to serve Almighty & protect and preserve humanity in the society. - Testy McTesterson
... I wrote about ... my childhood, when dreams were small and attainable for all. When sweets were a penny and god was a rabbit. - Sarah Winman
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