Brooks Hadley Quotes & Sayings

I'm not broken. I'm shattered. I'm a million tiny pieces that would take longer than forever to piece back together."~ Rory — Sandi Lynn

The use of method as the criterion of science abolishes theoretical relevance. As a consequence, all propositions concerning facts will be promoted to the dignity of science, regardless of their relevance, as long as they result from a correct use of method. Since the ocean of facts is infinite, a prodigious expansion of science in the sociological sense becomes possible, giving employment to scientistic technicians and leading to the fantastic accumulation of irrelevant knowledge through huge "research projects" whose most interesting features is the quantifiable expense that has gone into their production. — Eric Voegelin

Now [Mike] Gove has destroyed Boris Johnson. — James Kirkup

At night if I'm in a hurry, I'll just put on a lot of mascara and black pencil all the way around the inner rim. It's a totally sexy eye in a minute and a half. — Brooke Burns

The passion of God is to restore and reclaim the whole earth — Sunday Adelaja

I've never been an oligarch. The definition of an oligarch is someone who has co-operated with the government, and I never did. — Bidzina Ivanishvili

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems. — Leland Stanford

I have written stories, essays, even whole books on trains, scribble-scribble. — Paul Theroux

Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge ... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine, equipped to work efficiently, if narrowly, and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric, odd gems, worthless but fascinating curiosities, tinsel, quaint bits of carving, and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position. — Robertson Davies

Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often. — Catherine Deneuve

I don't know why I should have been so pleased to see Lucas behaving like a gentleman for a change. I never liked the man ... But of course I know why. I would have defended Satan himself if he had been in disfavor with Emerson. — Elizabeth Peters