Cudgel Crossword Quotes & Sayings

They go to work, attend a meeting
Write an equation, have a beer,
Hail colleagues with a cheerful greeting,
Are conscientious, sane and sincere,
Rational, able and fastidious.
Through hardened casing no invidious
Tapeworm of doubt, no guilt, no qualm,
Pierces to Sabotage their claim.
When something's technically attractive,
You follow the conception through,
That's all. What if you leave a slew
Of living dead, of radioactive
"Collateral damage" in its wake?
It's just a job, for heaven's sake. — Vikram Seth

The glamour of it all! New York! America! — Charlie Chaplin

If life were organized, there would be no need for art. — Andre Gide

Consciousness turns out to consist of a maelstrom of events distributed across the brain. These events compete for attention, and as one process outshouts the others, the brain rationalizes the outcome after the fact and concocts the impression that a single self was in charge all along. — Michio Kaku

She knows what it is to be sad and miserable, but those emotions are almost enjoyable. They throw moments of happiness and laughter into sharper relief. — Simon Mawer

Arious people had long had the feeling that gain through pain was nature's way — Robert Wright

The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial. — Ayn Rand

I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing. — Richard Peck

Life is a learned behavior. We should learn it well. — Las Lugosi

I'm drawn to failure. I feel that I'm contending with it constantly in my own life. — Joyce Carol Oates

You have the perfect amount of time each day for the things that matter most. The key is spending time on those things. — Jon Acuff

They wanted her for the same reason as the studios: her stellar beauty; and just as she did for the studios, she morphed and mutated and recomposed this beauty into the precise form of their desires, until there was nothing of her left. [On Gene Tierney] — Paul Murray