Brunckhorst Foundation Quotes & Sayings

It's a monster."
Her nose scrunches in disgust. "You mean it's deformed?"
"No. I mean it's huge."
"How huge?"
"Unnaturally huge."
"Like a porno dick?"
"Exactly. — Helena Hunting

With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it. — Michael Reagan

If we cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible. — Chellis Glendinning

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills. — Confucius

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. — Edward Gibbon

Once the cells in a biological machine stop working, it can never be started again. It goes into a cascade of decay, falling toward disorder and randomness. Except in the case of viruses. They can turn off and go dead. Then, if they come in contact with a living system, they switch on and multiply. (194) — Richard Preston

Fools admire everything in an author of reputation. — Voltaire

The beads rolled around her hand, forcing between her fingers. She sank, more slowly now, as through a viscous liquid. — Brandon Sanderson

The world's one and only remedy is the cross. — Charles Spurgeon

Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers. — Benito Mussolini

Miller and the new man nodded to each other. The girl tugged at her father's sleeve, demanding his attention. Miller looked at her - dark eyes, pale hair, smooth skin. She was already too tall to be mistaken for an Earth child, her limbs longer and thinner. Her skin had the pink flush of Belter babies, which came with the pharmaceutical cocktail that assured that their muscles and bones would grow strong. Miller saw the father notice his attention. Miller smiled and nodded toward the kid. How — James S.A. Corey

And to get the work done that I must do, one has to work in isolation and not be readily disturbed ... I don't have daily newspapers, and I like to feel when I get up in the morning my attention is fixed on the work I am going to do. — Reg Butler

There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed. — Edward Zwick