Devourynge Quotes & Sayings

Though Plente that is goddesse of rychesses hielde adoun with ful horn, and withdraweth nat hir hand, as many richesses as the see torneth upward sandes whan it is moeved with ravysshynge blastes, or elles as manye rychesses as ther schynen bryghte sterres in hevene on the sterry nyghtes; yit, for al that, mankende nolde nat cese to wepe wrecchide pleyntes. And al be it so that God resceyveth gladly hir preiers, and yyveth hem, as fool-large, moche gold, and apparayleth coveytous folk with noble or cleer honours; yit semeth hem haven igeten nothyng, but alwey hir cruel ravyne, devourynge al that they han geten, scheweth othere gapynges (that is to seyn, gapyn and desiren yit after mo rychesses.) What brydles myghte withholden to any certeyn ende the disordene covetise of men, whan evere the rather that it fletith in large yiftes, the more ay brenneth in hem the thurst of havynge? Certes he that qwakynge and dredful weneth hymselven nedy, he ne lyveth nevermo ryche. — Geoffrey Chaucer

People always ask me, Do you ever think you'll wake up one morning and not be funny? That thought would never occur to me
it's an odd thought and not realistic. Because funny and me are not separate. We're one. — Woody Allen

The First Month of the Buhari Presidency has been far, far from inspiring — Okey Ndibe

I know, of course, he said, that bacon for breakfast is an English institution, almost as old as parliamentary government. But still, don't you think we might occasionally have a change, Dorothy? — George Orwell

I'll have you weak in the knees that you could hardly speak,
Or we could do like Uncle L and swing an ep in my Jeep. — Q-Tip

Nature is the great power we have to submit to, but living beings are the ones we should dominate. — Erich Fromm

Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case. — John Shelby Spong

Scientists in Australia are working on making biodegradable car parts out of hemp. This might get confusing. When someone says, roll up the window, they might mean, roll up the window! — Jay Leno

Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do it. — Madeline Kahn

Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's on its mind and can't make itself understood, and so can't rest easy in its grave, and has to go about that way every night grieving.
As you value your life or your reason keep away from the moor. — Arthur Conan Doyle

The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing. — Eric Lefkofsky

Everyday heroism is all about doing what we ought to on a daily basis and regardless of the tons of pressures that come on our way. — Assegid Habtewold

I am not a killer. I just win - Thoroughly - After all, winning isn't everything but wanting to win is. — Ziad K. Abdelnour