Drayden Quotes & Sayings

The Who is now a brand, not a band; but it is a brand that is upheld by its audience, not an industry or a cynical moneymaking machine. — Pete Townshend

Christianity doesn't answer all my questions or make me comfortable and happy. What it does do is give me a context for living. — James Bryan Smith

He'd never really given religion much thought himself. It was just there, one of the basic fundamentals of life and living; Heaven is generally good and one should aspire to end up there, and Hell is decidedly foul and one should generally direct their enemies there. — T.A. Miles

Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it. — Horace

He continued to believe that, like everything else in his life, it would be righted by the sheer force of his will — Richard Flanagan

Your words are like mirrors.
They may cut, but they also reflect. — Timothy Joshua

The screams failed to spread, as the strong hugged the weak and comforted them. That was something to be proud of, in the last moments of the old humanity. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

Demigoddesses do not buy off the rack. — Nicky Drayden

If there's one rule in planning for world domination, it's to make sure you look good doing so. — Nicky Drayden

Keep yourselves from idols." The warning isn't given to them because it wasn't a real danger or because there was an off chance someone might fall into idolatry. It was given because this is our root problem on any given day. It is what we, especially as followers of Jesus, must fight against. — Joe Thorn

My son, by all means desist from kicking the venerable and enlightened Vizier: for as a costly jewel retains its value even if hidden in a dung-hill, so old age and discretion are to be respected even in the vile persons of our subjects. Desist therefore, and tell us what you desire and propose. — C.S. Lewis

Please disregard the previous disregard message. Sender undoubtedly has its CPU stuck up its posterior access port. — Nicky Drayden

I always try to find a story in the margins of history, but I don't like to do too much that's improbable. — Philip Kerr

It's hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It's hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you've had him for long enough. — Joe Abercrombie

You hear me, don't ever let anyone kill the spark inside you. No matter what. — Nicky Drayden

There are two kinds of anger: hot and cold. Boys and girls experience both, but as they grow up the anger separates according to the sex. Boys need hot anger to survive. They need inclination to fight, the drive to sink the knife into the flesh, the energy and initiative of fury. It's a requirement of hunting, of defense, of pride. Maybe of sex too. And girls need cold anger. They need the cold simmer, the ceaseless grudge, the talent to avoid forgiveness, the sidestepping of compromise. They need to know when they say something that they will never back down, ever, ever. It's the compensation for a more limited scope in the world. Cross a man and you struggle, one of you wins, you would adjust and go on
or you lie there dead. Cross a woman and the universe is changed, once again, for cold anger requires an eternal vigilance in all matters of slight and offense. — Gregory Maguire

If you think you'll always let people down, that's all you'll ever do, I said. — Julia Claiborne Johnson