Feartober Quotes & Sayings

The reader might reflect that an awful lot of supposing has to take place in order for the quantity theory of money to be true. — Paul Ormerod

People on the 14th floor, you know what floor you're really on. — Mitch Hedberg

If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with a stranger at a bar, they can conscientiously describe him as a source that has hitherto proved unimpeachable. It is only when the journalist is reporting a whim of his own, and one to which he attaches minor importance, that he defines it as the opinion of well-informed circles. — Evelyn Waugh

It's no good being the best actor in the world if nobody sees you because you didn't happen to be there at the right day when a part was being cast. — Roger Moore

The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. And in the taste destroys the appetite. Therefore, love moderately. — William Shakespeare

These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but limited to certain functions; the king was a general and a judge, and had the control of religion The second is that of the barbarians, which is a hereditary despotic government in accordance with law. A third is the power of the so-called Aesynmete or Dictator; this is an elective tyranny. The fourth is the Lacedaemonian, which is in fact a generalship, hereditary and perpetual. — Aristotle.

When a trait is universal, evolutionary biologists look for a genetic explanation and wonder how that gene or genes might enhance survival or reproductive success. — Robin Marantz Henig

Getting laid off was one of the worst things that ever happened to me. But it led to the best results. — Tom Smallwood