Canode Die Quotes & Sayings

Naturally the question suggests itself, Why did these people want the river now when nobody had wanted it in the five preceding generations? Apparently it was because at this late day they thought they had discovered a way to make it useful; for it had come to be believed that the Mississippi emptied into the Gulf of California, and therefore afforded a short cut from Canada to China. Previously the supposition had been that it emptied into the Atlantic, or Sea of Virginia. — Mark Twain

rubbing the ointment into the creases of his knuckles, massaging — Diana Gabaldon

She hauled herself up from the streets, for she was once no more than a courtesan. She is reputed to rule her husband; they say that beneath her fine gowns hangs a prick and her balls clang together like a ring o' bells for the doge has none. — Marina Fiorato

The advanced societies of the future will not be governed by reason. They will be driven by irrationality, by competing systems of psychopathology. — J.G. Ballard

I did not tell you it would be okay because I never believed it would be okay. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

The experience of redemption is to see differently in looking back," Reinders observes. "It is hindsight. — Anonymous

I asked for your heart and you gave me a stone. — Rachel Hore

Lass, we can speak about anything ye want on the morrow. But his eve, ye are mine. — Victoria Roberts

I've written fiction ... but the nonfiction has always received the most attention. — Jim Murphy

We cannot create blueprint for future society, but it is good to think about that. It is good to have in mind a goal. It is constructive, it is helpful, it is healthy, to think about what future society might be like, because then it guides you somewhat what you are doing today, but only so long as this discussions about future society don't become obstacles to working towards this future society. Otherwise you can spend discussing this utopian possibility versus that utopian possibility, and in the mean time you are not acting in a way that would bring you closer to that. — Howard Zinn

Scientific reality is as different from lived reality as a slide rule is from a platypus. — Marty Rubin

But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I've got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up - my life wasn't so bad. — Coolio

Spiritual matters can often masquerade themselves in natural patterns of behavior. For example, unbelief disguises itself as skepticism and procrastination. — Kirby Clements

When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away. — Richard Stark

There is nothing quite like the cold taste of gun oil on a stainless steel barrel to bring your life into focus. — Josh Stallings