Briquettes Fate Quotes & Sayings

The third major rebel against Catholicism was Henry VIII, whose administration burned, on average, 3.25 heretics per year.38 — Steven Pinker

I get passionate about certain subjects, and then I'll write a whole play around it. — Scott Haze

Fancies find room in the strongest minds. Here, in a churchyard old as civilization, in the worst of weathers, was a strange woman of curious fascinations never seen elsewhere: there might be some devilry about her presence. — Thomas Hardy

Fellow-feeling ... is the most important factor in producing a healthy political and social life. Neither our national nor our local civic life can be what it should be unless it is marked by the fellow-feeling, the mutual kindness, the mutual respect, the sense of common duties and common interests, which arise when men take the trouble to understand one another, and to associate together for a common object. A very large share of the rancor of political and social strife arises either from sheer misunderstanding by one section, or by one class, of another, or else from the fact that the two sections, or two classes, are so cut off from each other that neither appreciates the other's passions, prejudices, and, indeed, point of view, while they are both entirely ignorant of their community of feeling as regards the essentials of manhood and humanity. — Theodore Roosevelt

The committed student needs to be wide awake, to look and listen closely, to slow down, scrutinize and reflect. The language of poetry is so dense, so multivalent, that it demands a concentrated act of attention - and offers its greatest rewards only to those who reread. — Ezra Pound

Desperation is a great giver of clarity: Bartimaeus needed no time to decide what to do next. "Jesus! Son of David!" he shouted. "Have mercy on me!" (Mark 10:47). The crowd turned to him in disgust. "Shut your mouth, son of filth!" But Bartimaeus knew what it meant to be despised. He also knew that the chance of a lifetime was literally passing him by, so he called to the Savior all the louder. (From: Bartimaeus) — Sherri Gragg

One can be both free and economically secure while leading a totally meaningless and empty existence. — George Lakoff

That was the problem with Alison Fischer: you never knew which part of her to look at. He looked at her face — Nam Le

The mind resorts to reason for want of training. — Henry Adams

I had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So I stood there fantasizing about a device that could do the same thing I was doing. — Thomas Peterffy

Health is a return to our memory of wholeness. — David Simon

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind. — Victor Hugo

I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life. — Paul Bremer

Train as if you had to bring the horse down, not the rider. Fight bulls, not men, and men won't best you. — Aleksandr Voinov