Desford Metcalf Quotes & Sayings

It was always the same feeling of sadness that washed over me when I drank. I never understood why I hadn't realized that if i stayed away from liqour, I might not be so depressed all the time about him. Maybe it was a sick form of torture that i really enjoyed. — Holly Hood

We were then satisfied that, with proper lubrication and better adjustments, a little more power could be expected. The completion of the motor according to drawing was, therefore, proceeded with at once. — Orville Wright

So you must wake up every morning knowing that no promise is unbreakable, least of all the promise of waking up at all. This is not despair. These are the preferences of the universe itself: verbs over nouns, actions over states, struggle over hope. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Temptation: Recognize it for what it is, and then reject it - immediately and without compromise. — Billy Graham

To enter into your own mind you need to be armed to the teeth. — Paul Valery

Our health care approaches squander billions on extravagant treatment regimes that end up accomplishing little, as a society we refuse to adopt the small, even tiny adjustments that could easily reduce the clawing uncertainties that now degrade millions. — Robert Martensen

It is visible then that it was not any Heathen Religion or other Idolatrous Superstition, that first put Man upon crossing his Appetites and subduing his dearest Inclinations, but the skilful Management of wary Politicians; and the nearer we search into human Nature, the more we shall be convinced, that the Moral Virtues are the Political Offspring which Flattery begot upon Pride. — Bernard De Mandeville

Some magic is so old, it's hardly magic anymore. — Terry Pratchett

I need only to be shown my mistakes and I never rest until I have retrieved them. — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all. — Elie Wiesel

When I look at her, it's like when I was in seventh grade and fell in love for the first time, where it's debilitating. That's available 24/7 if I want, which is amazing. — Dax Shepard

Programmers can be lazy. — Larry Wall

To ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized. — Bette Lord