Callus Man Quotes & Sayings

History gives us a kind of chart, and we dare not surrender even a small rushlight in the darkness. The hasty reformer who does not remember the past will find himself condemned to repeat it. — John Buchan

What had I seen? Too much. What did I know? Only that knowledge carries a damned high price. Miss Wilcox, my teacher, had taught me so much. Why had she never taught me that? — Jennifer Donnelly

One cannot be betrayed if one has no people. — Takeru Kobayashi

You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care. — Jack Kevorkian

I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence. — Vernor Vinge

The universe was bad enough without people poking it. — Terry Pratchett

Parents wrongly assume that their daughters live in a world similar to the one they experienced as adolescents. They are dead wrong. Their daughters live in a media-drenched world floded with junk values. As girls turn from their parents, they turn to this world for guidance about how to be an adult. — Mary Pipher

My inspiration is my hometown. — Thomas Jones

One good thing that comes from living the nomadic life demanded by an expedition is that one sheds the fake skin donned from living too closely among society. For those of us who live for the freedom of such a lifestyle, that skin is dry and itchy and ill fitting. From my observances, that skin is much like a callus caused by the pure irritation of being forced to spend so much time with one's fellow man. Thank God I am spared such nonsense. — Karen Hawkins