Acadiana High School Quotes & Sayings

As the sun eclipses the stars by its brilliancy, so the man of knowledge will eclipse the fame of others in assemblies of the people if he proposes algebraic problems, and still more if he solves them. — Brahmagupta

Error sometimes supplies the surprise that makes life interesting. — Aimee Liu

There is no life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its sort, rhymed or unrhymed. — Thomas Carlyle

The opportunities to become an astronaut in Canada were far and few. — Julie Payette

One day, promised herself as she lay abed, one day she would allow herself to be less than strong. — George R R Martin

Religious faith has something of the same character as falling in love (and both have many of the attributes of being high on an addictive drug* — Richard Dawkins

No one could possibly judge you more cruelly than you do yourself. — Kate Steele

Let yourself be enchanted in small ways. — Guy Kawasaki

By examining characters lighting the way to hell, as it were, are readers spared iniquity? Are stories a heeded warning, or merely an entertainment? Each story in the collection tries to wrestle with these questions. — Adam Ross

The light obtained by setting straw men on fire is not what we mean by illumination. — Adam Gopnik

The Peerless Scarred know that dark deeds are carried through life. They cannot be outrun. They must be worn if one is to rule. This is their first lesson. — Pierce Brown

One morning as I closed the cyclone-fence gate / to begin a slow drift / down to the cookhouse on foot / (because my truck wheels were glued / in deep mud once again), / I walked straight into / the waiting non-arms of a snake, / its tan beaded-bag skin / studded with black diamonds.
Up it coiled to speak to me a eye level. / Imagine! that sleek finger / rising out of the land's palm / and coiling faster than a Hindu rope. / The thrill of a bull snake / startled in the morning / when the mesas lie pooled / in a custard of light / kept me bright than ball lightning all day.
Praise leapt first to mind / before flight or danger, / praise that knows no half-truth, and pardons all. — Diane Ackerman

I never sleep late, and I know what this means: the worst cowards are the ones who refuse to look at what they fear. — Lauren Groff