1895 Bulb Quotes & Sayings

The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear the means of grace the way they do not fear sin. And he does so, not by light but by obscurity, not by realities but by shadows; not by clarity and substance, but by dreams and the creatures of psychosis. And men are so poor in intellect that a few cold chills down their spine will be enough to keep them from ever finding out the truth about anything. — Thomas Merton

Where the explorers go, conquerors and exploiters always follow. — James L. Cambias

We had that first Marvel NOW! retreat where everybody came in and pitched their new books, which was probably the most exciting retreat I've ever been to because it was all brand new. — Jason Aaron

[I]t contains a great deal that Sun Tzu did not write, and very little indeed of what he did. — Sun Tzu

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers. — E.W. Howe

My friends tell me I am strong, decisive, and wise. What a joke. Where is my strength tonight? Where is my wisdom? Ironically, they tell me I am 'so open'. Me, who has so many secrets that I have never shared. The irony would be funny if it wasn't so sad. Their blindness to my true self makes me feel invisible. Not in the way that a spirit or ghost is invisible, for I am most definitely flesh, blood, sinew, and bone. I even have a mind that works nimble and fast, and a mouth that speaks reasonably eloquently, when I feel I have something worthwhile to say. No, I'm invisible because the people who populate my life either do not, or cannot, see the real me. Of course, that is but another irony. I know much of my invisibility is of my own doing, and that is the last joke on myself: that which I seek is also that which I fear. — Lily Velden

There are two kinds of ham: raw and cooked. Raw ham is cured with salt and/or smoke over time; cooked ham is boiled. Every culture that makes ham has its own unique and various methods. — Kate Christensen

If I were a real Creek View girl, the kind Josh liked, I'd be hammered right now, not thinking about my dead father. — Heather Demetrios

When I read a book, I like to be surprised. I don't want to read the same genre formula that I've read a hundred times before. — Chet Williamson

I don't get jealous, I get even. — Hafsa Shah

Doesn't being over-familiar put you at a disadvantage? A more formal way of speaking doesn't just mean you're being polite, it's also a way of protecting yourself. — Mihail Sebastian