Cokedale Quotes & Sayings

Back in the days when gladiators hacked away at each other, there was always the man who decided whether the defeated should live or die. The job is usually given to the Emperor in movies, but in fact any senior man could have been the designated thumbs-up-thumbs-down guy.
The official title for this fellow was ... the editor. (evil laughter in background) — Gary Corby

Punish the pushers and shovers by letting them get ahead. — Marty Rubin

Man is a tool-using animal. — Thomas Carlyle

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children. — Marian Wright Edelman

It seems that the people who question me the most are the ones who've committed the most outlandish or atrocious acts. — Tom Piccirilli

Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything, but are in want of everything. — Chrysippus

For our goal was not only the East, or rather the East was not only a country and something geographical, but it was the home and youth of the soul, it was everywhere and nowhere, it was the union of all times. — Hermann Hesse

That's the reason forgiveness is divine. 'Cause someone wrongs us, we live with that wrong right alongside them, but it's us who has to find the strength to let them off the hook. If they work for it, ask for it, only you have the power to offer it to them so their soul can be less heavy. And the right thing to do is use that power. — Kristen Ashley

Unhappy failures need not apply. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior. — William Friedkin