Calatele Quotes & Sayings

The reason why research is like sculpting from memory is that in neither is there a concrete visible subject to copy directly. The subject - as sculptors themselves are fond of saying - is hidden in the block of material. — Jacques Barzun

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. — Rudyard Kipling

What is it in people, or just in people like me, that would rather let a lie go by, would rather wish it away or minimize it, than point it out and cause the liar embarassment? — Walter Kirn

The air is annoyingly potted with a multitude of minor vertical disturbances which sicken the passengers and keep us captives of our seat belts. We sweat in the cockpit, though much of the time we fly with the side windows open. The airplanes smell of hot oil and simmering aluminum, disinfectant, feces, leather, and puke ... the stewardesses, short-tempered and reeking of vomit, come forward as often as they can for what is a breath of comparatively fresh air. — Ernest K. Gann

Hong Kong is the bellwether. If the Chinese stick to their agreement to let Hong Kong go its own path, then China will also go that way. If they don't, that is a very bad sign. I'm optimistic. — Milton Friedman

To accept Jesus is to accept His total authority in your life. — Justin Buzzard

To his great relief she recommended no course of action. She listened. She didn't believe in giving advice, even when asked. — Charles Baxter

When war becomes the most profitable course of action, we can certainly expect more of it. — Chalmers Johnson