Ashcraft Machine Quotes & Sayings

Some men who know that they are great are so very haughty withal and insufferable that their acquaintance discover their greatness only by the tax of humility which they are obliged to pay as the price of their friendship. — Charles Caleb Colton

I am not so foolish as to equate what happens under the influence of mescalin or of any other drug, prepared or in the future preparable, with the realization of the end and ultimate purpose of human life: Enlightenment, the Beatific Vision. All I am suggesting is that the mescalin experience is what Catholic theologians call "a gratuitous grace," not necessary to salvation but potentially helpful and to be accepted thankfully, if made available. To be shaken out of the ruts of ordinary perception, to be shown for a few timeless hours the outer and the inner world, not as they appear to an animal obsessed with survival or to a human being obsessed with words and notions, but as they are apprehended, directly and unconditionally, by Mind at Large - this is an experience of inestimable value to everyone and especially to the intellectual. — Aldous Huxley

My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin — Bill Watterson

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. — Samuel Butler

Similarly it is possible that the system itself is sick, even though the actors within the organization are behaving in accord with organizational etiquette and respecting the internal bonds of trust. That — Glenn Greenwald

I knew it was time to get off of reality TV when someone asked me if I sang as well as acted. — Ozzy Osbourne

The road to health is paved with good intestines! — Sherry A. Rogers

I'm a real food know-it-all. — Arthur Schwartz

My favorite movie is 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' with Clint Eastwood, a guy who gets his family killed by the bad guys then goes on a journey of revenge, eventually discovering himself - very existential. — Frank Grillo

Women want you to deceive them: they force you to, and if you resist, they blame you. — Gustave Flaubert

There are no signboards in life; your inner voice and your inner knowledge are enough to lead you in the direction of your highest evolution. — Priya Kumar