Detractors Define Quotes & Sayings

Even talent is rarely distinguishable, over the long run, from perseverance and lots of hard work. — David Bayles

Many years ago, when I used to smoke, my lighter was often easier to find than my scissors. If I couldn't find the scissors, or was feeling too lazy to get up, I used the lighter to burn the yarn in one place to break it. Other than the smell, this worked fairly well. Later, when I found my scissors, I would cut off the little charred bits.
One day, I was knitting a cotton facecloth and needed to cut the end. I flicked my lighter, expecting to singe the one spot, thus breaking the yarn.
I will remember that cotton is highly flammable, and that the knitting Fates punish laziness. I will also remember that a flaming facecloth can be extinguished with a cup of coffee ... in a pinch. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

One thing about trust is that everyone's for it. — Stephen Covey

I felt really free, like I could do anything, because no one would know what to expect. — Josh Homme

Ben Says: Never be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams. No one can drive you crazy unless you give them the keys! — Timothy Pina

When challenged by a zealous Popperian to say how evolution could ever be falsified, J. B. S. Haldane famously growled: 'Fossil rabbits in the Precambrian. — Richard Dawkins

I have an engagement ring, which is my favorite accessory. — Jules Asner

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend. — Baltasar Gracian

I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism. — Mandy Patinkin

Fun fact about life or death fights between capes. You start letting your enemies make the first move, your mortality rate triples. — Wildbow