Corbomite Maneuver Quotes & Sayings

Acceptance.
Good and bad,
Fortune and misfortune,
Pleasure and pain,
I want it all,
Because it's mine. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

People with true passions have difficulty relating to the ordinary. — April Mae Monterrosa

In truth, they were not given to quarrelling. Many couples who love each other more, quarrel more, and with less politeness. — George MacDonald

I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose; I hate a draw and can't stop competing; otherwise I'm fine. — Mignon McLaughlin

Mason had just pulled his own knife out, a monster of a thing you could've called a sword without much fear of correction. — Joe Abercrombie

Colleges have a twofold duty when it comes to dealing with censorship. First, there is the duty to not censor the free expression of ideas, especially important and newsworthy ones. Second, colleges have the duty to protect speakers from being silenced by others. Century has failed miserably on both counts. — Greg Lukianoff

Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstasy. — Nisargadatta Maharaj

You have multiple intelligence agencies. They all ultimately report to the director of national intelligence but, you know, it never comes in neat packages. So you have to make judgments on what you have, and it's not easy to do. — Raymond Kelly

It was so strange to be touched so gently by a creature like him- a creature who looked just like the kind of boy who you might let touch your thigh for a totally different reason. — Holly Black

Emigration tears people apart. They learn about high points and personal disasters in letters and phone calls. Closer contact is impossible. As if they have landed on another planet, breathing is difficult in the spacesuits they don't dare to take off for fear there won't be enough air in the new atmosphere. Their chests rise and fall with difficulty. Their lungs hurt. The voices of the other settlers croak through the microphones in their helmets. — Julya Rabinowich

The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are qualities which require many years of training and education. — John F. Kennedy