Eugene Yackle Quotes & Sayings

From this arises the belief that the order of nature is all that there really is. But to draw that conclusion would be a mistake, for two reasons. First, the Lebenswelt is irreducible. We understand and relate to it using concepts of agency and accountability that have no place in the physical sciences; to use the idiom of Sellars, the Lebenswelt exists in "the space of reasons," not in "the space of law. — Roger Scruton

The information that comes from deep in the evolutionary past, we call genetics. The information revealed thousands of years ago, we call religion. The information passed along from hundreds of years ago, we call culture. The information passed along from decades ago, we call family, and the information offered years, months, days, or hours ago, we call education and advice. — Anonymous

We go off the meds and elect Richard Nixon, the Nurse Ratched of the American political psych ward. — Don Winslow

The grief that does not speak whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break. — William Shakespeare

The cold rain came down in buckets. I was shaking, shivering, and naked, and more soap was getting into my eyes. But hey. At least I was clean. — Jim Butcher

People who believe in the resurrection, in God making a whole new world in which everything will be set right at last, are unstoppably motivated to work for that new world in the present. — N. T. Wright

There seemed to be a mystifying universal conspiracy among textbook authors to make certain the material they dealt with never strayed too near the realm of the mildly interesting and was always at least a long-distance phone call from the frankly interesting. — Bill Bryson

Be "that person" with grit. Remain dedicated, determined and strong in the face of adversity! — Jerry Gladstone

Political reporters and political professionals rushed to judgment against Romney because we crave clear, unambiguous story lines. — Ron Fournier

Because you are his heart, Elena. A man with his heart torn out is a broken creature. I know. — Nalini Singh

If I could be a country music star, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I'd hit the road and just jam out. — Justin Deeley

Skill to do comes of doing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I honored my commitments, and as president, I will honor every commitment that I make to the men and women of this country. — Ted Cruz

I was born too late and missed the dream of empire. Its shadow, the Commonwealth, coincides with my life but rarely connected with it. — Richard Flanagan