Burtwistle Ranch Quotes & Sayings

The one charm about the past is that it is the past. — Oscar Wilde

And upon his return, Gherkins, who had always considered his uncle as a very top-hatted sort of person, actually saw him take from his handkerchief-drawer an undeniable automatic pistol.
It was at this point that Lord Peter was apotheosed from the state of Quite Decent Uncle to that of Glorified Uncle — Dorothy L. Sayers

A family's life is more important than an individual's life; a nation's life is more important than a family's; the human race is more important than a nation. — John H. Cha

Presuming I don't fuck up with the hydrazine, there's still the matter of burning hydrogen. I'm going to be setting a fire. In the Hab. On purpose. If you asked every engineer at NASA what the worst scenario for the Hab was, they'd all answer "fire." If you asked them what the result would be, they'd answer "death by fire. — Andy Weir

Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they look for a place to dump it. And if you let them, they'll dump it on you. So when someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You'll be happier. — David J. Pollay

The truth's not pretty of course. No one likes to look it in the face. — Cornelia Funke

Oh, but she wished, she wished that there were someone she could tell.Then, in the middle of this tremendous wish, Alice paused: a great thing was beginning to happen to her. A new thought appeared in her mind, yet Alice recognized it as if it had always been there. The thought said, But I know. I know.
After this she looked the same, and her circumstances didn't alter, but she was a different person altogether. — Elizabeth Harrower

It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do. — Margaret J. Wheatley

For the hard roads, you must have good shoes! And your brain and your luck are your best shoes ever! — Mehmet Murat Ildan