Contemplados Quotes & Sayings

Unfinished Beer Guy: I can't tell you how many times I've had a party on a Saturday night, and then walk around for an hour on Sunday morning, tearfully emptying 2,600 unfinished beers. I feel like the guys who removed the bodies from a Civil War battlefield. — Adam Carolla

Tarkin thought of himself as the product of a military upbringing, in which discipline, respect, and obedience were held in the highest regard. — John Jackson Miller

You work here [on the farm] simply without philosophizing; sometimes the work is hard and crowded with pettiness. But at times you feel a surge of cosmic exaltation, like the clear light of the heavens ... And you, too, seem to be taking root in the soil which you are digging, to be nourished by the rays of the sun, to share life with the tiniest blade of grass, with each flower; living in nature's depths, you seem then to rise and grow into the vast expanse of the universe. — A. D. Gordon

Hardly anyone understands the principles behind magic,"scoffed Betony. "It's too difficult. — Elizabeth Kay

What would aliens say when told earthlings shift clocks twice a year to fool themselves into thinking there's more sunlight? — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Realize your strengths, accept your weaknesses, but never become someone you don't recognize. — Lindsay Chamberlin

Quote taken from Chapter 1
Bill hung up, grumbling to nobody in particular. Emily was about the only caller using the landline phone, and he regretted not getting rid of it. The Robinses were probably the lone holdouts on their city block to still have one. — Ed Lynskey

I appreciate a slight yield, lightness of weight, some motion if possible, because in moving about, the human body determines ... the comfort and the measurements of its environment ... the human measure is still the strongest factor. But coming back to the chair, there are certain motions we go through - we like to lean back, like to toss things - and if the chair's adaptable it responds and it's almost like wearing a comfortable coat; you really don't know you have it on. — Harry Bertoia

Nowadays, even The New York Times Book Review is afraid to say when a popular book is crap. — Lorin Stein