Cassandras Curse Quotes & Sayings

We've got gravity licked but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. — Werner Von Braun

To those who say adventure is dangerous I say, try routine that kills you far quicker. — Paulo Coelho

Indeed we are all in peril if the flawed messenger invalidates the message. — Philip Yancey

Fannie Mae had aroused his anger, then reduced his anger to verbal breast-beating, and finally to silent hurt. Still, the love remained. Why? — Frank Herbert

We spend millions of dollars per year supplying more than adequate meals and a Koran to every detainee along with a prayer rug that meets their religious standards. — Bill Shuster

I have always struggled, with the sole intention of ceasing to struggle. Result: zero. — Emil Cioran

My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own. — Claes Oldenburg

He crawled on across the farmyard, keeping as low as he could, but trying to watch every direction, too. He had never thought he would envy an earthworm. — Robert Jordan

One more thing about Cassandra: in the most famous version of the myth, the disbelief with which her prophecies were met was the result of a curse placed on her by Apollo when she refused to have sex with the god. The idea that loss of credibility is tied to asserting rights over your own body was there all along. But with the real-life Cassandras among us, we can lift the curse by making up our own minds about who to believe and why. — Rebecca Solnit