18and81 Quotes & Sayings

To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty. — Maximilien De Robespierre

Divine service, being the high contemplation of the mind, is at the same time, and pre-eminently, the peace, the sweetness and blessedness of the heart. — John Of Kronstadt

I still don't understand how someone can talk about some they barely even know. — Cassie Brode

Labels are devices for saving talkative persons the trouble of thinking. — John Morley

I don't really follow any fashions. I just wear what I want to wear each day. I don't care if they clash or not. — Pixie Lott

No increase in the welfare of the member of society can result from the availability of an additional quantity of money. — Ludwig Von Mises

Hundreds of scientists from around the world are gathering in Washington, D.C. for what some say could be a historic meeting. They are attending an international summit to debate one of the most controversial subjects in modern science , editing human DNA. — Linda Wertheimer

In business, what distinguishes leaders from laggards and greatness from mediocrity is the ability to uniquely imagine what could be. — Robert Fritz

Have you noticed," she asked him, "how standing still can sometimes be no different from moving backward? For the whole world moves on and leaves one behind. — Mary Balogh

He lay with a pack of panting dogs on a hill overlooking plains where antelope grazed. He marched with ants, and labored in the rigors of the nest, filing eggs. He danced the mating dance of the bower bird, and slept on a warm rock with his lizard kin. He was a cloud. He was the shadow of a cloud. He was the moon that cast the shadow of a cloud. He was a blind fish; he was a shoal; he was a whale; he was the sea. He was the lord of all he surveyed. He was a worm in the dung of a kite. He did not grieve, knowing his life was a day long, or an hour. He did not wonder who made him. He did not wish to be other. He did not pray. He did not hope. He only was, and was, and was, and that was the joy of it. — Clive Barker

Oooooo ... pity. My favorite snack next to dog shit. Lucian Roman — Laura Wright

So I think it was to Bryan's credit that he was able to let go of some of those things because you create these scenes and you think you become creative, even I, acting things, you become very creatively taken by it. — Brandon Routh

It's time to come home, Finn. Jesus, — Ella Frank

Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame. — Jay Maisel

As soon as the torch went out the atmosphere of the forest intensified. As her eyes slowly became accustomed to the darkness she started to notice the outlines of canopies above them where trees were silhouetted against the pale moonlight.
The sounds around them became more noticeable; the shuffling of an animal through the undergrowth, the whistling of the wind through the trees, and now and then the cry of some creature being captured in the darkness.
As they sat quietly, the noises seemed to become louder still until both visitors felt absorbed into the forest world. — Emily Arden