Conanan Bookstore Quotes & Sayings

A microscopic phantom of the universe; this is all that we are able to be. — Henri Frederic Amiel

I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time. — Pierre Loti

Lord Rodrik was seldom seen without a book in hand, be it in the privy, on the deck of his Sea Song, or whilst holding audience. Asha had oft seen him reading on his high seat beneath the silver scythes. He would listen to each case as it was laid before him, pronounce his judgment ... and read a bit whilst his captain-of-guards went to bring in the next supplicant. — George R R Martin

Your actions create an "energy vortex" that draws in the necessary ingredients for your venture. — Chris Prentiss

Everybody would be better off if they could buy housing for only, let's say, a carrying charge of one-quarter of their income. That used to be the case 50 years ago. Buyers had to save up and make a higher down payment, giving them more equity - perhaps 25 or 30 percent. But today, banks are creating enough credit to bid up housing prices again. — Michael Hudson

Do you think if people knew how crazy you really were, no one would ever talk to you? — Stephen Chbosky

There is no living with thee, nor without thee. — Marcus Valerius Martial

Preacher pulled her gun to her lap, the trigger aimed toward the stranger. . . . He stared at her like he was ready to dial 911, until he saw she was of European heritage, saw her clerical collar, saw the Bible on the dashboard. White, blond, and Christian. Trifecta. The man's shoulders relaxed and he smiled, waved, and kept going. — Eric Jerome Dickey

Before moving to Pennsylvania in 1999, I played bass in a newsroom rock band in South Florida for several years. — John Grogan

There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we get it done. Perl 5 still works fine, and we plan to take the right amount of time on Perl 6. — Larry Wall

There are many who profess to be religious and speak of themselves as Christians, and, according to one such, "as accepting the scriptures only as sources of inspiration and moral truth," and then ask in their smugness: "Do the revelations of God give us a handrail to the kingdom of God, as the Lord's messenger told Lehi, or merely a compass?" — Harold B. Lee

They are mad men (Jews), but you should not burn them for that. — Voltaire

Nobody is a perfect actor. — Paul Dano