Courtnay Springmeyer Quotes & Sayings

Finally, but perhaps above all, human nature is a factor in all this. Scientists have a natural tendency to interpret finds in the way that most flatters their stature. — Bill Bryson

How about this John Kerry controversy? So he's out there in California, tells some kind of joke and it backfires. He's saying he botched the joke ... This guy can lose elections he's not even in. — David Letterman

In the novel, I can change things and simplify, and make events work towards whatever meanings I'm trying to get at more efficiently. — Nicholson Baker

At the world's end, a hero did not rise. So the people set out to make one. — Ali Billedeaux

As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters. — Robert E.Lee

Even in the most richly communicative and reciprocal love affairs, it is nearly impossible to sustain that initial state of rapture beyond a few weeks. — Ian McEwan

There is a tale, as old as the Ancient Ones themselves, that one would arise who has that gift: to sing all the chantments, the high notes and the low, the swift rhythms and the slow. And this person would be more powerful than even the Ancient Ones were, as powerful as the gods themselves. — Kate Constable

I wanna put stickers on turtles ... I don't know why. — Demetri Martin

I love the world the Lord has created; I love the mountains, the rivers, the valleys, the skies. I love the forests, the fields, the flowers. I love the mysteries of evolution and dna and the big bang. I want to know the majesties of the Lord's Creation. I cannot close my eyes to all this. I cannot turn away from science and scientific exploration. — Anne Rice