Dryest Quotes & Sayings

worms and bugs. They climbed up the — Haruki Murakami

I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing. — Howard Hodgkin

Bulnerable without strength is vulnerable, and being vulnerable means you can be victimized. — Annie Lennox

Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide. — Aaron Neville

When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example for the poor to plunder the rich of his property, for the rights of the one are as much property to him as wealth is property to the other, and the little all is as dear as the much. It is only by setting out on just principles that men are trained to be just to each other; and it will always be found, that when the rich protect the rights of the poor, the poor will protect the property of the rich. But the guarantee, to be effectual, must be parliamentarily reciprocal. — Thomas Paine

[On the propulsive force of rockets] One part of fire takes up as much space as ten parts of air, and one part of air takes up the space of ten parts of water, and one part of water as much as ten parts of earth. Now powder is earth, consisting of the four elementary principles, and when the sulfur conducts the fire into the dryest part of the powder, fire, and air increase ... the other elements also gird themselves for battle with each other and the rage of battle is changed by their heat and moisture into a strong wind. — Vannoccio Biringuccio

I thought I was having a fucking stroke," I say as they free me from my coated elastic prison, making them laugh even harder. — Trish Doller

Renunciation-is a piercing Virtue-The letting go A Presence-for an Expectation-. — Emily Dickinson

The room was filled with a strange vibe of awkwardness that I was sure could only be dissolved by kissing him again or running away. — E.M. Denning

A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children. — Holbrook Jackson

I don't believe my interpretation's inerrant. I don't believe anybody else's interpretation is inerrant, but I do believe the scripture is inerrant. I believe in the plenary, verbal plenary inspiration of scripture, without a doubt. — Rick Warren

That whole generation that's gone now, that lived through the two world wars, is a great example to all of us. They knew how to live. If something bad happened, they didn't sit at home, eat Haagen-Dazs, and watch a movie. — Sigourney Weaver

I have devoted much effort, during the last decade or so, to the systematic encouragement of subversiveness. — Neal Stephenson