Cererile Quotes & Sayings

The empiric easily degenerates into the quack. He does not know where his knowledge begins or leaves off, and so when he gets beyond routine conditions he begins to pretend-to make claims for which there is no justification, and to trust to luck and to ability to impose upon others-to "bluff." — John Dewey

It was long after midnight and the stars looked damp and chilly; the air was full of the busy silence of the night, which is created by hundreds of small furry things treading very carefully in the hope of finding dinner while avoiding being the main course. — Terry Pratchett

I call the language of political figures, pundits and administrators 'the haute couture of language.' — Anna Deavere Smith

Do you know how I would call the nature of the present economic conditions? I would call it cannibalistic. That's what it is! They are nourishing their greed on the quivering flesh and the warm blood of the people - nothing else. — Joseph Conrad

Sometimes GOD places walls NOT to hold us back, but to test our determination — Samer Chidiac

Freedom has its risks. — Marianne Williamson

You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across. — Vince Staples

Besides finding a great place to stay, it's important for me to find at least one cultural destination to visit, other than that, I don't like to plan too much. I like to suss out the situation when I get on the ground and then go! — Megalyn Echikunwoke

His knowledge was greater than his wisdom, and his powers were far superior to his character. — Arthur Conan Doyle

I would like to die
as I have lived
disappear among the tundra winds
be transformed into birdsong — Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa

Loneliness cannot be reassured by proportion. Even friendship would have seemed to Pritchard a feast behind a pane of glass; even the smallest charity would have wet his lip, and left him wanting. — Eleanor Catton

Somewhere, floating in a muddled abstraction beyond your existence as a generally good person, are the Externalities. Fuck 'em and God Bless 'em. — Jeremy Robert Johnson

To politicians, perception trumps reality. — H. Peter Alesso

We must not sacrifice one of our remaining untamed places in reckless pursuit of oil. We know we have to leave oil in the ground, or destructive climate change will become unstoppable. If not in the pristine and vulnerable Arctic Ocean, then where? — Frances Beinecke

You're the one who's not supposed to be here." She hoped he didn't hear the squeak in her normally reliable voice. "How am I supposed to snoop if you don't leave when you say you're going to? — Susan Elizabeth Phillips