Chiefly Brit Quotes & Sayings

Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones. — Tim McCarver

If we choose a weak and foolish speculation as a primary textbook illustration (falsely assuming that the tale possesses a weight of history and a sanction of evidence), then we are in for trouble - as critics properly nail the particular weakness, and then assume that the whole theory must be in danger if supporters choose such a fatuous case as a primary illustration. — Stephen Jay Gould

If we want to be used for the benefit of mankind-helping the Lord with his mission-we must ourselves be in a position to be used by him. — Elaine A. Cannon

I don't think I will do a Mafia character again. I want to get away from the violence a little bit, because it is starting to bother me personally. — James Gandolfini

I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick. — Johnny Weissmuller

Animals' taste systems are specialized for the niche they occupy in the environment. That includes us. As hunters and foragers of the dry savannah, our earliest forebears evolved a taste for important but scarce nutrients: salt and high-energy fats and sugars. That, in a nutshell, explains the widespread popularity of junk food. — Mary Roach