Entertaining Oneself Quotes & Sayings

In Greek mythology, Antaeus was a giant who was strong as long as he had contact with the earth. When he was lifted from the earth he lost strength. So it is with engineers. They must not become isolated from the real world. — Hyman Rickover

Yes," said Talon, his voice the hiss of a coiled serpent. — Raymond E. Feist

Then it was that the exports of slaves from Virginia and the Carolinas was so great that the population of those States remained almost, if not quite stationary. — Henry Charles Carey

I love football now. I have a club in Sarajevo, and I love that. The fans are fantastic. The people who run the club are incredible, honest people, and they really motivate me. — Vincent Tan

Hate is loud. Love, however, is so pleasantly felt it has no need to be heard. — Richelle E. Goodrich

One gift I think is a great one is a gift for self-entertainment. — Marty Rubin

I think writing is an extension of a childhood habit - the habit of entertaining oneself by taking interesting bits of reality and building upon them. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The essence of Darwinism lies in its claim that natural selection creates the fit. Variation is ubiquitous and random in direction. It supplies raw material only. Natural selection directs the course of evolutionary change. — Stephen Jay Gould