Cretaceous Period Quotes & Sayings

It is not only the size of these redwoods but their strangeness that frightens them. And why not? For these are the last remaining members of a race that flourished over four continents as far back in geologic time as the upper Jurassic period. Fossils of these ancients have been found dating from the Cretaceous era while in the Eocene and Miocene they were spread over England and Europe and America. And then the glaciers moved down and wiped the Titans out beyond recovery. And only these few are left
a stunning memory of what the world was like once long ago. Can it be that we do not love to be reminded that we are very young and callow in a world that was old when we came into it? And could there be a strong resistance to the certainty that a living world will continue its stately way when we no longer inhabit it? — John Steinbeck

It's just never been in my nature to go out there and go on a red carpet to say, 'Oh, publicize me!' — Robin Wright

That Mesozoic mama's boy wouldn't have lasted five seconds in the Cretaceous period. — Gordon Korman

When you're young, you're not afraid of what comes next. You're excited by it. — Dave Grohl

She said, Let's face it, the world isn't exactly waiting for girls like me. — Mary Pipher

In our offices and places of work we love to tell others what to do.We denigrate them.We compare their work unfavourably with our own.We are always in competition.We show off and gossip.Our dream is of being well treated and we dream of treating others badly ... — Hanif Kureishi

She just got sad, okay? Unbearably sad. — Erika Swyler

The soft contralto notes of a woman's voice are born in the immediate region of the heart. — Alfred De Musset

I'm a writer. I write because I don't talk so good. — Lionel Fisher

When I first started doing the quieter, more acoustic material in Swans, there was a lot of derision and outright hatred from the audience and press, just as in the early days of Swans when we were rejected outright because of the bludgeoning, single-minded violence of the music. — Michael Gira

You remember that wonderful phrase, how Queen Morgan 'set all the country on fire with ladies that were enchantresses. — C.S. Lewis

Knowledge that does not change behaviour is useless. But — Yuval Noah Harari

A poor joining of your reasons can affect your general reason! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

My specialty is mythology.There are artifacts like the hallows scattered through just about every mythology.However, what makes the Celtic hallows so interesting is that they are a self-contained group of objects. — Michael Scott

Celaena shuddered. "This conversation's become far too awful to have after eating." she said, slumping against the pillows. "Tell me which one of your little cadre is the handsomest, and if he would fancy me."
Rowan choked. "The thought of you with any of my companions makes my blood run cold."
"They're that awful? Your kitty-cat friend looked decent enough."
Rowan's brows rose high. "I don't think my kitty-cat friend would know what to do with you-nor would any of the others. It would likely end in bloodshed." She kept grinning, and he crossed his arms. "They would likely have very little interest in you, as you'll be old and decrepit soon enough and thus not worth the effort it would take to win you."
She rolled her eyes. "Killjoy. — Sarah J. Maas