Ada And Inman Quotes & Sayings

Therefore we will not listen to the source itself in order to learn what it is or what it means, but rather to the turns of speech, the allegories, figures, metaphors, as you will, into which the source has deviated, in order to lose it or rediscover it - which always amounts to the same. — Jacques Derrida

Cruelty is a mystery, and a waste of pain. — Annie Dillard

The mere mention of a witch was almost enough to frighten us out of our wits. This was natural enough, because of late years there were more kinds of witches than there used to be; in old times it had been only old women, but of late years they were of all ages - even children of eight and nine; it was getting so that anybody might turn out to be a familiar of the Devil - age and sex hadn't anything to do with it. In our little region we had tried to extirpate the witches, but the more of them we burned the more of the breed rose up in their places. — Mark Twain

Perhaps all great loves are that, a secret that can't be shared. — Joe Haldeman

Critical thinking requires reflection and analysis of various viewpoints. This does not mean that all positions are correct - not at all! This simply means that one should avoid willed ignorance, and instead carefully analyze all arguments. — Van Jacob E. Vleet

down. Below this the water was — Winston Graham

Great is wisdom; infinite is the value of wisdom. It cannot be exaggerated; it is the highest achievement of man. — Thomas Carlyle

I adore the past. So much more restful than the present. So much more dependable than the future. — Anton Walbrook

Tax increases slow economic growth. Why would you raise taxes? We need to reform spending, the tens of trillions of unfunded liabilities can never be funded by tax increases, that can only be fixed by reducing spending. — Grover Norquist

We can never really know, except in hindsight, how prayers will be answered. — Lisa Wingate

I love you. And hell itself won't stop that. Sorry to put it so dramatically but, well, it's the truth." ~ Joshua to Amelia — Tara Hudson

Crowds of lower-caste workers were queued up in front of the monorail station - seven or eight hundred Gamma, Delta and Epsilon men and women, with not more than a dozen faces and statures between them. — Aldous Huxley

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor. — Jorge Luis Borges

What's a word, a talisman, to hold against the world? — Rita Dove

I would love to have a go at a band or some form of music one day. — Landon Liboiron