Extranotix Quotes & Sayings

It comes in many forms. Idly dreaming about the future. Plotting our revenge. Finding refuge in distraction. Refusing to consider that our choices are a reflection of our character. We'd rather do basically anything else. — Ryan Holiday

Hymns of today that may be sung by people who know the thought of the age ... are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy Christianity, or any revolution will overthrow the Kingdom of Heaven. — Henry Van Dyke

Ideally I envision a future where people are supporting themselves and each other using the things we already have - perhaps a place where one can fully support oneself with the help of others within smaller, sustainable communities. Being interdependent instead of relying mostly on machines for the things we need. — Mary Mattingly

It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the irrigation system. — William Sloane Coffin

We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying. — Frank Herbert

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare. — Ethel Barrymore

I can tell you for me it goes on forever. There are some things you can't ever find out. You can't find out in one life either. — Harry Callahan

Nothing fortuitous happens in a child's world. There are no accidents. Everything is connected with everything else and everything can be explained by everything else ... For a young child everything that happens is a necessity. — John Berger

Science is proving it now and the old spiritual books said it centuries ago that negative thoughts are the primary source of all the internal and external diseases/illnesses! — Maddy Malhotra

Touching humour is a wonderful piece of clothing. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Nature lies, disheveled, pale, With her feverish lips apart,- Day by day the pulses fail, Nearer to her bounding heart. — Goodale Sisters

Every revolution begins with breakfast,' I quoted as they left. 'Is this your revolution, Jaxon? — Samantha Shannon

I was quite straight-laced. I was quite academic until I was about 14 and then I went to boarding school where I had the opportunity to continue to be very academic, but got less interested in it and became more involved in acting. And then when I was applying for universities I used a couple of places on my UCAS form to apply for drama school without telling anyone ... but didn't get into drama school. But that was the most rebellious thing I did — Carey Mulligan

I really am just trying to tell stories. But stories are often grounded in larger events and themes. They don't have to be - there's a big literature of trailer-park, kitchen-table fiction that's just about goings-on in the lives of ordinary people - but my own tastes run toward stories that in addition to being good stories are set against a backdrop that is interesting to read and learn about. — Neal Stephenson