Esculenta Quotes & Sayings

Why should each generation be brought up on the selective prejudices of the one before it? I believe that this is exactly the point of history. And not just reading or studying history but also approaching it with a sceptical bent of mind. When each generation approaches received wisdom with scepticism, perhaps it will reassess established notions of right and wrong, love and hate. Perhaps it will finally see mistaken priorities for what they really are. Perhaps it will do something that previous generations steadfastly refused to do. — Sidin Vadukut

The places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places. — Raymond Carver

Religion
that voice of the deepest human experience. — Matthew Arnold

Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room. — Gavin DeGraw

I bought a house for my mom, I bought a house for my dad, I bought a house for my sister. — Trey Parker

In the modern age where everything is connected to everything, the most important thing about what you can do is what you can do with others. — Paddy Ashdown

President Obama made a big speech. He welcomed the members of the U.N. General Assembly to New York, and he said, 'I'd like to encourage you to do some shopping while you're here.' I think it worked because China immediately bought eight banks, two car companies, and the state of Wyoming. — Conan O'Brien

Sometimes war is necessary to teach us the value of peace. Sometimes you need to learn the real value of diplomacy in avoiding war. And I'd rather my students learned those lessons on the playground than on the battlefield. — Neil Gaiman

A perfect historian must possess an imagination sufficiently powerful to make his narrative affecting and picturesque; yet he must control it so absolutely as to content himself with the materials which he finds, and to refrain from supplying deficiencies by additions of his own. He must be a profound and ingenious reasoner; yet he must possess sufficient self-command to abstain from casting his facts in the mould of his hypothesis. — Thomas B. Macaulay

Did it?" said Harry in surprise. "Sounded like a load of waffle to me." "There was some important stuff hidden in the waffle," said Hermione grimly. — J.K. Rowling

It's impossible for me to say one word about all that music has meant to me in my life. How, then, can I hope to be understood? — Ludwig Wittgenstein

And yet more bright
Shines out the Julian star,
As moon outglows each lesser light.
[Lat., Micat inter omnes
Iulium sidus, velut inter ignes
Luna minores.] — Horace

Use what you have in your gym. Try to do my training program, you will lose your fat and gain muscles at the same time. — Serge Nubret

Somehow, the city of promise had become a scrap yard of dreams. But fighters do what they do best when they've — Charlie LeDuff

If your plan isn't working, adjust your plan. Never give up. — Matt Martin