Archard David Quotes & Sayings

The supernatural greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it. — Simone Weil

Climate change. Urbanization. Biotechnology. Those three narratives, still taking shape, are developing a long arc likely to dominate this century. — Stewart Brand

All the while she wondered if any strange good thing might come of her being in her ancestral land; and some spirit within her rose automatically as the sap in the twigs. It was unexpected youth, surging up anew after its temporary check, and bringing with it hope, and the invincible instinct towards self-delight. — Thomas Hardy

Work is dignity. — Michael Gates Gill

You are bruised.'
'Am I? I hadn't noticed.'
'Lucrezia says you killed the bastard.'
... Cesare's hands were shaking. Hard, sun-darkened hands made to hold a sword or lance unflinchingly, but they trembled against my pale skin. — Sara Poole

Love is not emotion, it's a way of being. — Gary Zukav

I for one will never doubt that a desire to see 'justice in this world' lay at the heart of all his actions. — Kazuo Ishiguro

Why are children so much smarter than adults? — Dara Horn

We're on the enemy's doorstep. We're being asked to split up. Isn't that how people get killed in horror movies? — Rick Riordan

It does happen, of course, that the priesthood has been on bad terms with womankind for some three thousand years. You see, Buddhism teaches that women are evil. Fiends. Messengers of hell. I've spent years immersed in the scriptures, so it's no accident that you and I fight all the time. — Eiji Yoshikawa

The extent of the struggle determines the extent of the growth. — Ryan Holiday

Whatever situation you are in, that is what is normal for you. — Jo Brand

A brown spotted lady-bug climbed the dizzy height of a grass blade, and Tom bent down close to it and said, "Lady-bug, lady-bug, fly away home, your house is on fire, your children's alone," and she took wing and went off to see about it
which did not surprise the boy, for he knew of old that this insect was credulous about conflagrations, and he had practised upon its simplicity more than once. — Mark Twain

My life will not follow a fairy tale, and that's okay. My life is reality. And in my reality people don't fall in love and get married and live happily ever after, because life is complicated. And messy. — Kim Holden

I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it. — Calvin Klein