Charles Tupper Confederation Quotes & Sayings

Show me a hero and I'll show you a bum. — Gregory Boyington

If the human race develops an electronic nervous system, outside the bodies of individual people, thus giving us all one mind and one global body, this is almost precisely what has happened in the organization of cells which compose our own bodies. We have already done it. [ ... ] If all this ends with the human race leaving no more trace of itself in the universe than a system of electronic patterns, why should that trouble us? For that is exactly what we are now! — Alan W. Watts

Admiral Dahlgren's twenty-one-year-old son, Ulric, had lost a leg at Gettysburg. When he appeared at a Washington party, he was surrounded by pretty girls. They stayed by his side all night, refusing to dance, in tribute to the handsome colonel who had been known as an expert waltzer. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

They could read him, they could study him, they could pick him apart, but they couldn't laugh or be sad with him ... — Roberto Bolano

Rise, red as the dawn. — Victoria Aveyard

It is a commonplace observation that liberals believe in the perfectibility of man while conservatives believe in the endurance of original sin. Superficially, that would suggest that conservatives take a more understanding and indulgent view of individual lapses, while liberals take a more harshly judgmental one. In fact, we know, quite the opposite is the case. — William A. Henry III

A film can be undermined by the person you're seeing it with, there in the dark, a ripple effect of attitude, scene by scene, shot by shot. — Don DeLillo

Walking next to Talent, she felt the singular, cozy comfort that steals upon one who is with a good friend. — Kristen Callihan

I actually feel I'm in a much better place than I've ever been because I'm thankful people still love the songs that I've written, and they seem to like me. And they come to the shows in droves, and they get all excited, and I can still hit all the notes, and I don't look terrible. — Don McLean

I want my kids to grow up and enjoy their childhood and be carefree. I never really got a chance to be a kid. — Jim Morris

How it will happen, how the Universe will bring it to you, is not your concern or job. Allow the Universe to do it for you. — Rhonda Byrne

Madoc, it's Jax," he said in a serious tone. "I'm at your house. Tate and I want confirmation you're not drunk, high, or suicidal. Jared's here, but he could care less. We'll meet you after your game, or I'll give Tate a crowbar and set her to work on your car. — Penelope Douglas