April 1865 Quotes & Sayings

The skill of making, and maintaining Common-wealths, consisteth in certain Rules, as doth Arithmetique and Geometry; not (as Tennis-play) on Practise onely: which Rules, neither poor men have the leisure, nor men that have had the leisure, have hitherto had the curiosity, or the method to find out. — Thomas Hobbes

What's your name, pictsie?" she said. "No'-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock-Jock, mistress. There's no' that many Feegle names, ye ken, so we ha' to share." "Well, Not-as-big-as-Little-Jock - " Tiffany began. — Terry Pratchett

The Big Cactus. I will stick you. — Shaquille O'Neal

He issued orders to us: demigods who come to us for aid are no longer to be tolerated. We are to crush your little mortal faces.'
There was an uncomfortable silence.
'That sounds ... extreme,' Jason ventured. — Rick Riordan

I have to get a licence to drive a motorcycle to protect myself and the people around me. I am adamant there should be some sort of licensing required to have children. — Tim Allen

That's about the 1,000th and tenth time (I've been asked about my neck). It's OK. I'm been doing a little stuff. I got some stuff from UT, weights to build you back up. — Sterling Marlin

We are creating a one size fits all system that needlessly brands many young people as failures, when they might thrive if offered a different education whose progress was measured differently. Paradoxically we're embracing standardized tests just when the economy is eliminating standardized jobs. — Robert Reich

When people ask me if Dean Martin drank, let me put it this way. If Dracula bit Dean in the neck, he'd get a Bloody Mary. — Red Buttons

As sure as time, history is repeating itself, and as sure as man is man, history is the last place he'll look for his lessons. — Harper Lee

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away. — Lakshmi Mittal

By being able to write a genome and plug it into an organism, the software, if you will, changes the hardware. — Barry Schuler

He was right. It made no sense at all, but the feeling flooded through Karou, and whatever it was, it was as sweet as a patch of sun on a glossy floor and, like a cat, she just wanted to curl up in it. — Laini Taylor