Anatidae Family Quotes & Sayings

I wish that I may never think the smiles of the great and powerful a sufficient inducement to turn aside from the straight path of honesty and the convictions of my own mind. — David Ricardo

I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me. — Evan Parker

The southern half of Riverskin was indistinguishable from Flyside, which it adjoined. It was cheap and not too violent, crowded, mostly good-natured. It was a mixed area, with a large human majority beside small colonies of vodyanoi by the quiet canal, a few solitary outcast cactacae, even a little two-street khepri hive, a rare traditional community outside of Kinken and Creekside. Southern Riverskin was also home to some of the city's small number of more exotic races. There was a shop run by a hotchi family in Bekman Avenue, their spines carefully filed blunt so as not to intimidate their neighbours. There was a homeless llorgiss, which kept its barrel body full of drink and staggered the streets on three unsteady legs. — China Mieville

Real life this fdar had taught me that in the adult world, fate was chaotic and uncertain. Guidelines for success were arbitrary. But in the world of D&D, at least there was a rule book ... By role-playing, we were in control, and our characters ... wandered through places of danger, their destinies, ostensibly, within our grasp. — Ethan Gilsdorf

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands. — Douglas Adams

Novelty is both delightful and deceptive. — Honore De Balzac

Misery and shame are nearly allied. — Samuel Johnson

Meaningful change is always painful. It's always resisted. And it's always awkward. — Amy Daws

I have been here before, I am here now, I will be here again. — Roger Ebert

And Goodness knows The Wicked's lives are lonely Goodness knows The Wicked die alone — Stephen Schwartz

It would be an advance if the secular theoretical establishment, and the contemporary enlightened culture which it dominates, could wean itself of the materialism and Darwinism of the gaps — Thomas Nagel

God has never been impressed with strength or self-sufficiency. In fact, he is drawn to people who are weak and admit it. — Rick Warren