Dipstick Quotes & Sayings

Love writes without words. — A.D. Posey

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes. — E.F. Schumacher

You want a university appointment?" "Yes." "That's a mistake," Hammond said briskly. "At least, if you respect your talent." Wu had blinked. "Why?" "Because, let's face facts," Hammond said. "Universities are no longer the intellectual centers of the country. The very idea is preposterous. Universities are the backwater. Don't look so surprised. — Michael Crichton

Repetition and ritual and their good results come in many forms: changing the oil filter, wiping noses, going to meetings, picking up around the house, washing dishes, checking the dipstick ... such a round of chores is not a set of difficulties we hope to escape from so that we may do our practice, which will put us on the path. It is our path. — Gil Fronsdal

Fear kills. Protecting yourself backfires eventually. And living in fear of pain isn't really living at all. — Patricia Gaffney

Catholic homes caught fire because they were loaded with petrol bombs. — Ian Paisley

Everywhere was connected to everywhere else, Pismire had said. — Terry Pratchett

Good things, you can't rush into them. — Jose Andres

48 Belief in progress doesn't mean belief in progress that has already occurred. That would not require belief. — Franz Kafka

I mean, wha comfort does pretendin to be a Buddhist or wharrever give him? What's wrong with pretendin to be a Catholic like the rest of us? — Trevor Byrne

some lipstick on his dipstick?" I — Sarina Bowen

One day in Dipstick, Nebraska, or Landfill, Oklahoma, is worth more to me than an eternity in Dante's plastic Paradiso, or Yeats's gold-plated Byzantium. — Edward Abbey

Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers. — Benito Mussolini

In todays uncertain economy, the safest solution to be wealthy, be in total control and enjoy freedom for you and your family is to have multiple streams of income. — Robert G. Allen

It is not merely our adversaries we must investigate ... We must always work to know ourselves better, too. — Kate Milford

First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote. — Jim DeMint

What! I don't care about being a princess! And since I'm already a young lady, how else could I behave? That's like asking a fish not to swim!"
~Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad, daughter of Regat, of the Royal house of Llyr — Lloyd Alexander

Naturally, when it comes to voting, we in Texas are accustomed to discerning that fine hair's-breadth worth of difference that makes one hopeless dipstick slightly less awful than the other. But it does raise the question: Why bother? — Molly Ivins