Famous October Sky Quotes & Sayings

As well consult a butcher on the value of vegetarianism as a doctor on the worth of vaccination. — George Bernard Shaw

War was a hellish, horrible hideous thing - too horrible and hideous to happen in the twentieth century between civilised nations. — L.M. Montgomery

Though he was tired of loneliness - tired down to the depths of his heart - that was really not was troubled him most. What tortured him was the hunger in his soul. A longing. A quiet voice that could not be stilled. Not a threatening voice - or a nagging one. But a persistent calling. Like a parent who calls an errant child back to dinner. Or a father who calls for a son to join him down at the pier for a fishing trip; like a voice echoing off the lake. It was a strangely familiar voice that was calling. A little like the memory of a reunion, long forgotten. Why did he resist it, even fear it? Why would he not respond to a call that came to him in a way that sounded, and felt, so much like family? — Craig Parshall

Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall. — Morley Safer

When circumstances overwhelm
And seem too much to bear,
Depend unpon the Lord for strength
And trust His tender care. — Sper

Discovering the threads that constitute actual interactions is an essential means of making sense of the world. But perception of overall patterns of things that are contextually related is equally important. — Richard J. Borden

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men. — Chanakya

My current novel, Pallas , is all about that culture war - in fact it's been called the Uncle Tom's Cabin of the Sagebrush Rebellion - and yet what I hear all too often from libertarians is that they don't read fiction. — L. Neil Smith

Understanding of each other is the beginning of peace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We want to help people get back on their feet after all this. Corporations have always done a lot more for people than the government wanted you to think they did. I guess they felt like we were horning in on their act. Enforced charity was the only thing they had left to offer anybody. Giving people's stuff to other people who'd keep them in power for a little while longer. — Nick Cole

I have sounded the very base-string of humility. — William Shakespeare

When a character has as wide an audience and as rich a history as Batman, it's truly exciting to see him introduced into an all-new storytelling medium. BATMAN LIVE will bring a completely new experience to fans of the character - it's great to be able to give them something they haven't seen before. — Jim Lee

I'm an old git now, so I would say this, but television was better when there were less channels. There was more concentration and selection in terms of the output. — Ross Kemp