Cochranes Quotes & Sayings

Our imagination is bigger than this universe. — Debasish Mridha

Get the kids to understand that they shouldn't worry about who makes the shot, only whether or not the shot is made — Pete Carril

The survivors (of a nuclear war) would envy the dead. — Nikita Khrushchev

Alice wondered if her mother was aware that she wasn't the only one in town who'd come down with a bad case of Blueberry Fever. — Sarah Weeks

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

That our knowledge only illuminates a small corner of the Universe, that it is incomplete, approximate, tentative and merely probable need not concert us. It is genuine nevertheless. Physical science stands as one of the great achievements of the human spirit. — Arthur David Ritchie

What sets the carbon atom apart is that it is shamelessly promiscuous. — Bill Bryson

How long do I have to take care of it?" I asked. "SOON." "Soon? How soon is soon? What do you mean, soon? — Jim Butcher

Whichever country you are, if you lose games you are criticised. It's only when it's England it's like a new world war. — Sven-Goran Eriksson

My point is that the admirable men of those times, the Cochranes, Byrons, Falconers, Seymours, Boscawens and the many less famous sailors from whom I have in some degree compounded my characters, are best celebrated in their own splendid actions rather than in imaginary contests; that authenticity is a jewel; and that the echo of their words has an abiding value. — Patrick O'Brian

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation. — Robert E.Lee

It is possible that the most misunderstood man upon earth is the collector of books ... — Vincent Starrett

You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy. — Yani Tseng

The act of willingly subtracting from one's own limited store of the good and the agreeable for the sake of adding to that of others reflects the understanding that individual happiness needs a base broader than the mere satisfaction of selfish passions. From there, it is not such a large step to the realization that respecting the susceptibilities and rights of others is as important as defending one's own susceptibilities and rights if civilized society is to be safeguarded. — Aung San Suu Kyi