Biddell Compression Quotes & Sayings

A red apple isn't red, nor the lemon yellow. The sky is seldom blue, only when it isn't. — Keith Crown

All I know is that while I'm asleep, I'm never afraid, and I have no hopes, no struggles, no glories - and bless the man who invented sleep, a cloak over all human thought, food that drives away hunger, water that banishes thirst, fire that heats up cold, chill that moderates passion, and, finally, universal currency with which all things can be bought, weight and balance that brings the shepherd and the king, the fool and the wise, to the same level. There's only one bad thing about sleep, as far as I've ever heard, and that is that it resembles death, since there's very little difference between a sleeping man and a corpse. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. — George W. Bush

I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer. — Bayazid Bastami

'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult. — Salman Rushdie

You can't play with everything that looks playable, I guess even a child knows that. — M.F. Moonzajer

God didn't make Eve from Adam's rib. He took out half of Adam's brain by accident. — Shirley Jump

Boy," said Druss, his eyes cold, "think well about this venture. For make no mistake, you cannot
stand before me and live. No man ever has." The words were spoken softly, yet no one disbelieved the
old man. — David Gemmell

Don't ever take a shower with a woman, because you'll probably end up proposing to her. — Scott Baio

What happens to the mind of a person, and the moral fabric of a nation, that accepts the aborting of the life of a baby without a pang of conscience? What kind of a person and what kind of a society will we have twenty years hence if life can be taken so casually? It is that question, the question of our attitude, our value system, and our mind-set with regard to the nature and worth of life itself that is the central question confronting mankind. Failure to answer that question affirmatively may leave us with a hell right here on earth. — Jesse Jackson

I fantasize and idealize myself as Bugs Bunny, but I know deep down I'm Daffy Duck. — Patton Oswalt

As children inch their way into adolescence, the parent changes. He is an authority, a source of answers, and a chastising voice. Depending on the day, he may be resented, emulated, questioned, or defied.
Only as an adult can a child imagine his parent as a whole person, as a husband, a brother, or a son. Only then can a child see how his parent fits into the world beyond four walls. Saleem had only bits and pieces of his father, mostly the memories of a young boy. He would spend the rest of his life, he knew, trying to reconstruct his father with the scraps he could recall or gather from his mother. — Nadia Hashimi

If we can't "love the sinner; hate the sin" then how can we relate to ourselves? Love who we are in Christ but still hate the sin remaining. — Timothy Keller

Supporting a murderous political agenda with such an argument is tragic! — Joseph Bayly