Bagnard Papillon Quotes & Sayings

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind. — Woodrow Wilson

Who knew? Spies read. — Peggy Kopman-Owens

It sometimes ends in uncommon elevation, indeed; but only at the gallows. And besides, when a man is elevated in that odd fashion, he has no proper foundation for his superior altitude. Hence, I conclude, that in boasting himself to be high lifted above a whaleman, in that assertion the pirate has no solid basis to stand on. — Herman Melville

One realm we have never conquered: the pure present. — D.H. Lawrence

Sure it could get rough sometimes, but life wasn't a Hollywood movie. Shit happened. You fought, you screamed, and somehow you worked like hell to get out the other side still intact. — Samantha Young

We don't blame your shadow for the shape of your body. Don't blame others for the shape of your experience. — Gillian Duce

There are some ideas so stupid that only intellectuals can believe in them, particularly left-wing intellectuals. — Poul Anderson

The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements. — Bill Keller