Dicturi Quotes & Sayings

Be very careful that you are not giving yourself to a pale imitation of life with Christ - life about Christ, or life generally near to Christ. — Shauna Niequist

I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything. That which can be imagined is as much an approximation to truth as that which can be proved by mathematics. — Charlie Chaplin

Patternicity is the idea that humans are really talented at finding nonexistent patterns in random noise. — A. J. Jacobs

How do I wish to be remembered, if at all? I think perhaps just as a fairly desirable sort of character actor. — James Mason

As Einstein said, 'If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. ' Michael Shermer, In The Science of Good and Evil, calls it a debate stopper. If you agree that, in the absence of God, you would 'commit robbery, rape, and murder', you reveal yourself as an immoral person, 'and we would be well advised to steer a wide course around you'. If, on the other hand, you admit that you would continue to be a good person even when not under divine surveillance, you have fatally undermined your claim that God is necessary for us to be good. — Richard Dawkins

Valda said that if you change your residence every six months you can legally free your children from compulsory education. — John Cage

In 1970, a superior Court judge issues an order forcing the desegregation of Los Angeles schools. The judge survives an assassination attempt and loses his job in the next election. — James Frey

Harlem Hopscotch


One foot down, then hop! It's hot.

Good things for the ones that's got.

Another jump, now to the left.

Everybody for hisself.


In the air, now both feet down.

Since you black, don't stick around.

Food is gone, the rent is due,

Curse and cry and then jump two.


All the people out of work,

Hold for three, then twist and jerk.

Cross the line, they count you out.

That's what hopping's all about.


Both feet flat, the game is done.

They think I lost. I think I won. — Maya Angelou

The sceptics, like bees, give their one sting and die. — G.K. Chesterton

A federal grand jury is investigating allegations that David Copperfield raped, assaulted and threatened a woman he took to his private island in the Bahamas in July. What happened to the good old days when a guy would just saw you in half? — Chelsea Handler

To submit to necessity involves no disgrace. — Publilius Syrus