Caviling Quotes & Sayings

The mind drives the body, which drives the genome. — Matt Ridley

In writing I found something I could do at least as well as my peers, if not better. — Brian P. Cleary

My heart had made its decision and there was no going back. Still, it was hard not to be all bitter and betrayed over his announcement. I didn't even have the luxury of being able to get blind rotten drunk. And believe me, dealing with all this sober sucked. — Kylie Scott

Try to turn as many soft, aspirational goals as possible into success criteria, and make them specific enough that you can actually tell whether or not you've met them. — Erin Kissane

William Howard Taft, who he embarrassed in these congressional hearings, attacks him as an emotionalist and a socialist and a cosmopolitan in terms that kind of have an anti-Semitic overtone. And even the pro-Brandeis press supported him in terms that really seem creepy today. There's this piece from Life magazine. It says, "Mr. Brandeis is a Jew. And until now there's never been a Jew on the Supreme Court. Perhaps it's time we have one." — Jeffrey Rosen

A man who has risked his life knows that careers are worthless, and a man who will not risk his career has a worthless life. — Orson Scott Card

Will any man that hath not lost his senses, now stand caviling, and quarrelling, that so few should be saved, instead of making sure of his own salvation? The reason that there are so few is, because they will not be saved upon God's terms. — Richard Baxter

I steal, Winkle said, with a smile that said I'm joking and a glint in his eye that said I'm not. — Orson Scott Card

She was breathing, but she was lifeless, a marionette whose strings had been cut. Neil — Nora Sakavic

Rome is the Great Beast of atheism and materialism, adoring nothing but itself. Israel is the Great Beast of religion. Neither one nor the other is likable. The Great Beast is always repulsive — Simone Weil

Think about the possibility: why is it that iPhones and iPads advance far faster than the health tools that are available to you to help take care of your family? — Dave DeBronkart

When we play at the World Cup, any African will back any African team. Because we want to hear the different approach to African football. We want to hear that Africans can do well, and Africans do well. — Yaya Toure

Any time we differentiate between one thing and another, we have judged. — Douglas Beaumont