Brocklebank Group Quotes & Sayings

Between an armed and an unarmed man no proportion holds, and it is contrary to reason to expect that the armed man should voluntarily submit to him who is unarmed, or that the unarmed man should stand secure among armed retainers. For with contempt on one side, and distrust on the other, it is impossible that men should work well together. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely. — C.J. Sansom

The problem with small pressure vessels is CO2 toxicity. You can have all the oxygen in the world, but once the CO2 gets above 1 percent, you'll start to get drowsy. At 2 percent, it's like being drunk. At 5 percent, it's hard to stay conscious. Eight percent will eventually kill you. Staying alive isn't about oxygen, it's about getting rid of CO2. — Andy Weir

Evolution has encountered no intellectual trouble; no new arguments have been offered. Creationism is a home-grown phenomenon of American sociocultural history-a splinter movement ... who believe that every word in the Bible must be literally true, whatever such a claim might mean. — Stephen Jay Gould

the fundamental rule of life: Things were never so bad that they couldn't get worse. — Tommy Wallach

I'm not jealous in traditional ways - of boyfriends or babies or bank accounts - but I do covet other women's styles of being. — Lena Dunham

Take a second look at what you are about to do ... A second look prevents a second chance. — Israelmore Ayivor

Some of the most magnificent sanity sounds illogical at first. — Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli