Dackman Heyman Quotes & Sayings

One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers. — Plautus

Damascus, is simply an oasis, that is what it is. For four thousand years its waters have not gone dry or its fertility failed. Now we can understand why the city has existed so long. It could not die. So long as its waters remain to it away out there in the midst of that howling desert, so long will Damascus live to bless the sight of the tired and thirsty wayfarer.
"Though old as history itself, thou art fresh as the breath of spring, blooming as thine own orange flower, O Damascus, the pearl of the East!". — Mark Twain

I have a sweet tooth. I love dessert, and if somebody makes me one, I'm going to have it. — Sarah Rafferty

Like a cross between Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions and Janice Lee's Damnation, The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing is at once smart and slyly unsettling. It is expert at creating a quietly building sense of dread while claiming to do something as straightforward as describe lost films - like those conversations you have in which you realize only too late that what you actually talking about and what you think you are talking about are not the same thing at all. With Rombes, Two Dollar Radio deftly demonstrates why it is rapidly becoming the go-to press for innovative fiction. — Brian Evenson

Should we force science down the throats of those that have no taste for it ? Is it our duty to drag them kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century ? I am afraid that it is. — George Porter

A brave, frank, clean-hearted, courageous and aspiring youth is the only foundation on which the future nation can be built. — Swami Vivekananda

Roy Blount's stuff makes me laugh so hard, sometimes I have to go sit in a room and shut the door — Garrison Keillor

The Communists have no need to introduce free love; it has existed almost from time immemorial. — Karl Marx

Wind has no home in the world,
and therefore wanders everywhere.
Light has no home in the universe,
and therefore returns to God. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Historical romance is still very strong in the market. Writers of historical romance are making the bestselling lists on a regular basis and careers are growing. However, since there is much more variety in romance today, the total sales of historicals might be down from their peak. The talk of the market softening is a reflection of this, and of the fact that one does not see big growth in this area of the market. — Madeline Hunter

But being a brother or a sister (if you are lucky enough) is the role of a lifetime. — Holly Goldberg Sloan

Tomatoes and squash never fail to reach maturity. You can spray them with acid, beat them with sticks and burn them; they love it. — S.J Perelman