Cowshed Crossword Quotes & Sayings

To whom the wilie Adder, blithe and glad. — John Milton

Grammar is what gives sense to language ... sentences make words yield up their meaning. Sentences actively create sense in language. And the business of the study of sentences is grammar. — David Crystal

Are we going to discuss whatever it is you are here to discuss instead of dancing around it?" he asks. "I was never a particularly good dancer. — Erin Morgenstern

We have a problem," he said. "Is this another 'I think we have a potential energy flow' kind of problem?" Coloma asked. "No, this is a 'Holy shit, we're all definitely going to die a horrible death in the cold endless dark of space' kind of problem," Basquez said. "We'll be right down," Coloma said. — John Scalzi

On the other side of that big-ass mirror, a video camera was watching us. In about ten seconds, it was going to start spitting static at itself, and everything it saw was going to break up into a fuzzy, gray-white wash, rolling up and down, that wouldn't be admissible as evidence on Judge Judy. Those missing frames would last a little less than a quarter of a minute, consolidate themselves back
into a semblance of reality, and then I would theoretically go walking right back out of here.
Between now and that moment, there stretched an infinite ocean of potential
time. Time enough to walk around the world. Time enough to fall in love, get
married on a white beach under purple stars, write a book of poems about
truest passion, have a few good and bloody screaming matches, get divorced in a court of autumn elves and gypsy moths, then set the ink-stained, tear-streaked pages of your text ablaze. — Clinton Boomer

As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others. — John Travolta

Each soul must accomplish its task, or it would not have been sent here. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

I remember only what interests me. — Georgette Heyer

What he (Sammy Sosa) and I have been doing is fantastic. What we've done nobody in the game has done for thirty-seven years. I'm pretty happy with the way things have been going. — Mark McGwire

It is better to have God over your shoulder, than carry the world alone on your back. — Anthony Liccione

Global warming is something that happens to all of us, all at once. — Larry Brilliant

I have learned that under certain circumstances, a fib is not only permissible, but can even be an act of perfect grace. — Alan Bradley

Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch? — Wilhelm Steinitz

There's no point whining about missed opportunities. — Martin Schulz

Even the safest of books are useless without reading. — Jonathan Friesen