Absconded Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

In Egypt, there is a saying: When good fortune looks down upon us, it does so in threes, one for each part of the Eye of Horus. His upper lid, his lower lid and the eye itself. — Michelle Moran

Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct. — Samuel Johnson

Alma Belasco had caught her attention. She stood — Isabel Allende

Love never goes away; it just changes form. — Pamela Anderson

I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism; and if there could be such a thing as socialism combined with individual liberty, I would be a socialist still. For nothing could be better than living a modest, simple, and free life in an egalitarian society. It took some time before I recognized this as no more than a beautiful dream; that freedom is more important than equality; that the attempt to realize equality endangers freedom; and that, if freedom is lost, there will not even be equality among the unfree. — Karl Popper

There must be something innate about maps, about this one specific way of picturing our world and our relation to it, that charms us, calls to us, won't let us look anywhere else in the room if there's a map on the wall. — Ken Jennings

Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest - forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the standards of other centuries. — Hannah Arendt

I get meals when I can, or I have protein shakes. — Triple H

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong. — Oscar Wilde

I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails. — Thomas Steinbeck