Bascans Quotes & Sayings

It's always struck me as funny that guys with scars get a reputation for being hard. It's the ones that cut them you should be looking out for, right? — Louise Welsh

The lady ... is an anomaly to which the western nations of this planet have grown accustomed but which would require a great deal of explanation before a Martian could understand her. — Emily James Smith Putnam

One reader is better than another in proportion as he is able of a greater range of activity in reading and exerts more effort. — Mortimer Adler

Or else I'd try to force myself to fall in love; in fact, I did it twice. And I suffered, gentlemen, I assure you I did. Deep down in your heart you don't believe in your suffering, there is a stirring of mockery, and yet you suffer - in the most genuine, honest-to-goodness way. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools. — Marion Dane Bauer

Quit questioning God and start trusting Him! — Joel Osteen

People kill to get power, they kill to keep power, and they kill if they think they might lose it, which is pretty much always. Even if you and I both stay out of it, even if we both die, whoever came after us will keep coming. They'll find the next threat, the next worrisome voice, the next person with the wrong name or the wrong skin. Maybe they'll go after the rich for their coin or the peasants for their rice, the Bascans because they're too dark or the Breatans because they're too pale - it doesn't matter. — Brian Staveley

There was nothing like working for clients who didn't micromanage and left you alone to do what they'd paid you to do for them. — Ally Fleming

Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips us, and can train to operate through and in spite of our fear. If, on the other hand, we don't understand that fear is normal and has to be controlled and overcome, it will paralyze us and stop us in our tracks. We will no longer think clearly or analyze rationally. We prepare for it and control it; we never let it control us. It if does, we cannot lead. — Colin Powell

I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it. — Wynton Marsalis

Your suffering is never caused by the person you're blaming. — Byron Katie