Chamizo Fietsen Quotes & Sayings

In many ways the rise of the state was the descent of the world from freedom to slavery — Marvin Harris

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image. — Aldous Huxley

Mark Twain once opined in his homey way: "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. — Dan Simmons

On all this Bilbo looked with misery. He had taken his stand on Ravenhill among the Elves - partly because there was more chance of escape from that point, and partly (with the more Tookish part of his mind) because if he was going to be in a last desperate stand, he preferred on the whole to defend the Elvenking. — J.R.R. Tolkien

[Petunias are] as hopelessly impractical as a chiffon ball dress. — Eleanor Perenyi

Learning how to be agreeable is the key to learning self-control. — Frederick Lenz

In the sometimes ridiculous action scenarios you're laughing out loud, and so the more committed and in fact the more highbrow the music is, the funnier it is. — Henry Jackman

Competition among investors leads to a situation in which knowledge in the public domain can't lead to above-average investment returns. — Carl Futia

That eugenics was part of the progressive agenda is one of the most heavily-airbrushed features of history. — Arnold Kling

Indeed, we might all forget where we have been if we didn't have somebody to assemble and arrange the little blocks called facts from which history is constructed, artfully or less so. — Jay Parini