Casbah Pittsburgh Quotes & Sayings

For the sake of a dying, suffering world count the cost, pay the price and set the captives free — John G. Lake

Why do sheep need a station? Are they catching trains? Where are they going? Why do they have to go there? — J.D. Robb

Sinn Fein say, "The British government are buggers". — Eddie Mair

Perhaps man will rise ever higher as soon as he ceases to flow out into a god. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing playthings; he is less duped than his neighbour by his own nature. — Henri Frederic Amiel

I'm part of nobody's world except Brezhnev's. — Dan Rather

Toklo raked his companions with a hard glance. "Don't risk your own safety."
"I bet you'll risk yours," Lusa said, aware once again of how deeply she trusted this bear.
"That's what I'm here for," Toklo retorted. — Erin Hunter

I admire Tolkien greatly. His books had enormous influence on me. And the trope that he sort of established - the idea of the Dark Lord and his Evil Minions - in the hands of lesser writers over the years and decades has not served the genre well. It has been beaten to death. The battle of good and evil is a great subject for any book and certainly for a fantasy book, but I think ultimately the battle between good and evil is weighed within the individual human heart and not necessarily between an army of people dressed in white and an army of people dressed in black. When I look at the world, I see that most real living breathing human beings are grey. — George R R Martin

Who is affected more when it's cold? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's hot? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's wet? Poor people. Who is most affected when the economy is bad? Poor people. Poor people are the most fragile. — Russel Honore