Demurrer Sustained Quotes & Sayings

Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune,
Where there's no fear of greater ill to come. — Ovid

As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve. — Bertolt Brecht

Success, which is something so simple in the end, is made up of thousands of things, we never fully know what. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Working in the studio is a more personal experience whereas on stage in front of a billion people, its more exciting performing live. — Mary J. Blige

This is for fighting, this is for fun. — R. Lee Ermey

Christmas ought to be brought up to date," Maria said. "It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols. — John Masefield

Where once we fought for land and God, we now fought to avenge fallen comrades, themselves slaughtered in vengeance. Where could it end? Babes growing to men knowing only days of war. — Kazuo Ishiguro

The tales of pure terror, of course, are completely naturalistic in their content, and must stand or fall by their merit alone. But what about the supernatural stories? Can we, the children of a scientific age, give any credence to these medleys of devils, ghosts, and other psychical invasions? There is only one answer: we can and do. We are dealing with stories, not with scientific dissertations. And if, as stories, they have the ring of truth, we'll believe them, as stories, implicitly.
("Introduction") — Herbert A. Wise

You're a superhero. Deal with it. — Teresa Toten

Sustainability is a seemingly laudable goal - it tells us we need to live within our means, whether economic, ecological, or political - but it's insufficient for uncertain times. How can we live within our means when those very means can change, swiftly and unexpectedly, beneath us? — Jamais Cascio

She had given herself to the world in her entirety and then found nothing was left — Angela Carter