Admixture For Concrete Quotes & Sayings

We have failed to protect science against speculative extensions of nature, continuing to assign physical and mathematical properties to hypothetical entities beyond what is observable in nature. — Robert Lanza

... the world was a vale of tears - it always had been. — Alexander McCall Smith

Fortunately the bad guys had the tactical intelligence of a waffle iron, so the hero was able to outsmart them by ducking behind some rocks, then putting his hat on a stick and holding it — Dave Barry

If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. - Hebrews 12:8 — Gary Chapman

If everything gets too serious for me on the album, I get kinda bored. I've got to have some kind of jovial things in there. — Earl King

A woman's face, naked and unadorned, is as beautiful as the moon, and as mysterious. — Cate Tiernan

When something or someone you dearly love is snatched away from you, something of you go with it. You become emotionally amputated — Bangambiki Habyarimana

How to forgive a murderer? First, by differentiating his sufferings from his exploitation of death to ease them. For his sufferings - greed, jealousy, frustration - he will need reeducation, support and, compassion. For our outrage about murder, we need to examine deeply our faith in death. As long as we collectively believe that death has power over life, we will spawn deluded, self-appointed little gods who want that power. — D. Patrick Miller

The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell.' — Julianna Baggott

I can give or take elephants; I never can find the cheetah-but the zebras captivate me. They'd be one of the few things that would fit if we were lucky enough to live in a world that's black or white. — Jodi Picoult

Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy this thing would have died. — Ben Shahn

I admit I do get a bit protective of my big brother. he always protects me.
"The truth is, I don't have to threaten you with anything worse than you've already done to yourself.
"Alec is brave, and he's good, and he's loyal, and like all Lightwoods he has cheekbones you could use to slice salami. You're never going to find anyone as great as my brother or anyone who loves you as much.
"He's one of the best things in my life, and I'm prepared to bet he's one of the best things in yours. You're going to be sorry when you wake up and realize what you threw away. — Cassandra Clare