Alouette Lyrics Quotes & Sayings

Taxonomy, also called systematics, is the science-based hierarchical classification of the world's species. The area had traditionally been an obscure academic discipline dominated by erudite and professional dons who would memorize and interpret thousands of Latin species names. Advances seldom made the newspapers and caustic disputes lingered in the dust scientific literature for generations. That academic innocence would be lost forever when precise taxonomic recognition of species and subspecies came to be the basis for protection under the Endangered Species Act. — Stephen J. O'Brien

The fats dented the flats. — Jerry Lawler

Sweetie, you don't need to drive me to the brink of insanity ... I'm close enough to walk! — Tanya Masse

Mum would have a panic attack if she had to stand up and give a speech around a table. — Lily James

Success comes when you have the trust on self, passion to transcend, and courage to do. — Amit Ray

Remember that we sometimes demand explanations for the sake not of their content, but of their form. Our requirement is an architectural one; the explanation a kind of sham corbel that supports nothing. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

If we can model the ability to embody nonfear and nonattachment, it is more precious than any money or material wealth. Fear spoils our lives and makes us miserable. We cling to objects and people, like a drowning person clings to any object that floats by. By practicing nonattachment and sharing this wisdom with others, we give the gift of nonfear. Everything is impermanent. This moment passes. The object of our craving walks away, but we can know happiness is always possible. Intoxicants — Thich Nhat Hanh

Poverty is bad,
but so is decadence.
Tyranny is bad,
but so is chaos.
Injustice is bad,
but so is godlessness. — Matshona Dhliwayo

This is what hatred is. It will feed you and at the same time turn you to rot. — Lauren Oliver

A race that rejected the idea of personal sacrifice would surely be erased from time's records before long. — Salman Rushdie

This is not the story of my marriage. I cannot tell that story: I cannot take hold of, or lay out for anyone, the many swamps and grasses and pockets of fresh air and dank air that have gone over us. — Elizabeth Strout

An index is a great leveller. — George Bernard Shaw

The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other. — Johnny Carson

Do you ever feel that everything would be okay, if only you had an Irish accent? — Graham Parke

Organic is probably the biggest scam of the century. For those of you unfamiliar with it, organic is a grocery term for more expensive. — Jim Gaffigan