Csoma Quotes & Sayings

Gifts make slaves. — Levi-Strauss

What about damp? What about flooding? Wouldn't it make sense to have a little lawn or garden as a sort of buffer zone between the house and the water? But then it wouldn't be Venice, said Connie's voice in my head. Then it would be Staines. — David Nicholls

He that floats lazily down the stream, in pursuit of something borne along by the same current, will find himself indeed moved forward; but unless he lays his hand to the oar, and increases his speed by his own labour, must be always at the same distance from that which he is following. — Samuel Johnson

If a lack of empirical foundations is a defect of the theory of logical probability, it is also a defect of deductive logic. — David Stove

He looked at her, stripped naked for the instant of verbiage and deceit. — William Faulkner

Now that everyone could vote from home, via the OASIS, the only people who could get elected were movie stars, reality TV personalities, or radical televangelists. — Ernest Cline

Whenever a soul is brutalized, cleansing and healing must happen. But
you are strong, Quinn. You learn from the past and the present, but you do not
let it dictate your future. You let it guide you, inspire you and instruct you
only. — Joey W. Hill

While humans have the propensity to develop a suite of prosocial behaviors, they are also capable of developing antisocial behavior, engaging in substance abuse, experiencing depression, and bearing children at an early age...Young people who develop aggressive behavior tendencies are likely to develop problems with tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; to fail academically; to have children at an early age;
and to raise children likely to have the same problems. — Anthony Biglan

You will never find peace when the need you cling to is not the want you desire. But when does a want become a need ... when it is all you think about? — Shannon L. Alder

So my own suspicion is that the attorney has stopped this prosecution because part of her defence was to question legality and that would have brought his advice into the public domain again and there was something fishy about the way in which he said war was legal. — Clare Short

The difference between the level of man's mind and that of the animal's equals to the Potential Energy; and the difference between the level of man's clemency and that of the animal's equals to the Kinetic Energy. Intellectuality is therefore a measure of Potential Energy, while Compassion is a measure of Kinetic Energy. After all, it is the heart which does the pumping and the synapse (aka, neuronal junction) which controls the transmission of the signals. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

The present is precious gift.
The past cannot be replayed.
The future is no guarantee.
Live in the present. — Lailah Gifty Akita

JER29.13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. — Anonymous

Man up and add a tux to your wardrobe. Just find one you like and get it well-tailored to your own measurements. — Paul Feig