Egoraptor Quotes & Sayings

The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain - and the whole world is at your feet. — Swami Vivekananda

Imagination gives the man the ability to poject himself through time and space and rise above all limitations. — Charles Fillmore

(Kaylee) Tell me I'm pretty, Wash.
(Wash) Were I unwed I would take you in a manly fashion.
(kaylee) Because I'm pretty?
(Wash) Because you're pretty. — Brett Matthews

I wasn't going anywhere and neither was the rest of the world. We were all just hanging around waiting to die and meanwhile doing little things to fill the space. Some of use weren't even doing little things. We were vegetables. — Charles Bukowski

Even now, there are still days so beautiful, I almost believe in God. — Ann Hood

You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them. — Seneca The Younger

Growing up sucks, doesn't it? I understand why people wouldn't want to get old - but it'd be one thing if we became a culture obsessed with eating right, doing yoga, going to therapy and becoming at one with ourselves. That be great. But we don't do that. We seem to be obsessed with all the wrong ways to stay young. — Jason Reitman

Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity. — George Eliot

Why are you holding a knife?" he asked, mimicking her tone.
Shock blurred her vision.
The ease had gone out of his posture. Suddenly she knew he was a man poised to spring if he needed to. And this was what he'd been leading up to all along.
She cleared her throat. "Oh ... this?"
"Yes," he said softly. "That."
She remained silent. She idly tested the tip of the knife with her fingertip. Very sharp. Perfectly deadly.
"Let me guess. It's not what I think."
Think, Tommy, think. "I'm carrying a knife," she said slowly, "because ... I don't own a pistol. — Julie Anne Long

I've always liked swimming, so long as my head's above water. — John Scalzi

But you stayed where you were meant to be, and you didn't listen to them. Well done. That's quality, that is. — Neil Gaiman