Cervonic Acid Quotes & Sayings

Climbing does not mean just competition and performance. It has other qualities that are important: going on trips, meeting people, seeing other cultures ... — Wolfgang Gullich

Maturity
A stationary sense ... as, I suppose,
I shall have, till my single body grows
Inaccurate, tired;
Then I shall start to feel the backward pull
Take over, sickening and masterful
Some say, desired.
And this must be the prime of life ... I blink,
As if at pain; for it is pain, to think
This pantomime
Of compensating act and counter-act,
Defeat and counterfeit, makes up, in fact,
My ablest time. — Philip Larkin

Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power of manipulating nature. It is because science gives us the power of manipulating nature that it has more social importance than art. Science as the pursuit of truth is the equal, but not the superior, of art. Science as a technique, though it may have little intrinsic value, has a practical importance to which art cannot aspire. — Bertrand Russell

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. — Thomas Huxley

Custom is the Guide of the Ignorant. — Thomas Fuller

Hatred is inveterate anger. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

To repeat, the way you get to the huge, impossible yes is, you start collecting a lot of easy, small yeses. — Chuck Palahniuk

It's a blessing to have work that feels fulfilling. — Al Gore

He was at the stage of a meal when one becomes philosophic. — Agatha Christie

You're a bully and I know you don't care, but I just thought you should know that I think you're scum. He's probably some miserable kid with his own demons and he doesn't need yours. — Melina Marchetta

Then why haven't you killed yourself? (Astrid)
Why should I? The only enjoyment I have in my life is knowing I piss off everyone around me. If I were dead, it would make them all happy. God forbid I should ever do that. (Zarek) — Sherrilyn Kenyon