Bassatne Quotes & Sayings

From out of all the many particulars comes oneness, and out of oneness come all the many particulars. — Heraclitus

If the Commission is to enquire into the conditions "to be observed," it is to be presumed that they will give the result of their enquiries; or, in other words, that they will lay down, or at least suggest, "rules" and "conditions to be (hereafter) observed" in the construction of bridges, or, in other words, embarrass and shackle the progress of improvement to-morrow by recording and registering as law the prejudices or errors of to-day. [Objecting to any interference by the State with the freedom of civil engineers in the conduct of their professional work.] — Isambard Kingdom Brunel

It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances. — Alexander Crummell

Every time you look at a blank piece of paper, you're doing something new. You have to step onto that blank territory and remind yourself the sky didn't fall in the last time you wrote. Writing is a question of overcoming your fears-and everybody has them. — William Zinsser

We've much to do, and time does insist on being linear here, because it's awful. — Seanan McGuire

You haven't really failed until you've resorted to platitudes. — Glenn Arthur Pierce

We say grace and we say ma'am. If you ain't in to that, we don't give a damn. — Hank Williams Jr.

Dying isn't so daunting a prospect when you're halfway there ... — Kresley Cole

Hill Street Blues might have been the first television show that had a memory. One episode after another was part of a cumulative experience shared by the audience. — Steven Bochco