Chickenwire Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes when I am writing, I am aware of a rhythm, a dance, a fury, which is as yet empty of words. — Stephen Spender

There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy. — Seneca The Younger

The older I get, the more important my view of the family is. — Robert Fogel

I want to get non-aerosol mace, you just rub it in. "Dude who is attacking me - come a little closer!" — Mitch Hedberg

With Philip's departure had come a void which only could be filled by Philip's return. — Georgette Heyer

The "first woman judge" was a colorful figure whose activities inspired longer stories than the spare announcements that had followed the passage of the woman suffrage bill. — Taft Alfred Larson

Music requires a particular type of education which is simply not given to most people. And, as a result, it's set further apart. It has a special place. People who are familiar with painting and photography and drama and dance, and so on, cannot talk so easily about music. And yet, as Nietzsche writes in The Birth of Tragedy, music is potentially the most accessible art form because, with the Apollonian and the Dionysian coming together, it makes a — Edward W. Said

I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy. In sports there are absolute rules. It's not, What about this? What about that? Either you're safe or you're out. It's ten yards or it's not. It's in the hoop or out of the hoop. It's certain. — Jack Nicholson

It's a paradox, isn't it? The people you know the most, the people you love the most-you're also going to feel the parts of them you don't know the most — Rachel Cohn

Nothing is as easy or natural as consumer brands want us to think - no problem is as resolvable. Your hair will fall out, eventually. Yet we do have these brands, and we line our shelves with them. There's an inherent irony. — Aaron Belz

I've never liked the Thieves' Guild," said Teatime, without turning his head.
"Why not?"
"They ask too many questions."
"We don't ask questions," said Chickenwire quickly. — Terry Pratchett

Eric dreamed big but settled for reality. — Dave Cullen

Our common law is the stock instance of a combination of custom and its successive adaptations. — Learned Hand