Fiblap Quotes & Sayings

The power of action is a divine force sets into motion. — Lailah Gifty Akita

An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I was told to have an ice bath once, which I did once, and it was the most horrific experience. In my head it sounded like a great idea, so I filled my bath with ice and water, and it was absolutely horrendous. — Antony Starr

Jamie shook his head at me admiringly. "And here I thought I married you because ye had a fair face and a fine fat arse. To think you've a brain as well!" He neatly dodged the blow I aimed at his ear, and grinned at me. — Diana Gabaldon

There is strength in numbers. — Iman Abdulmajid

Freedom isn't just something you have for the sake of having, you have to want something else first and then want the freedom to fight for it. — Max Brooks

Verse is a mechanism by which we can create interpretative illusions suggesting profoundities of response and understanding which far exceed the engagement or research of the writer. — John Constable

You start playing when it's cold and you want to be playing when it's cold again. — Jimy Williams

I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of God our Lord; for the man who loves anything for itself and not for the sake of God, does not love God with his whole heart. — Saint Ignatius

To say that humans are composed of machines is not to say that we are merely machines. Humans are dignified machines. We are (so far) the most extropic, most complex product of billions of years of evolution. — Max More

These great improvements of modern times are blessings or curses on us, just in the same ratio as the mental, moral, and religious rule over the animal; or the animal propensities of our nature predominate over the intellectual and moral. The spider elaborates poison from the same flower, in which the bee finds materials out of which she manufactures honey. — Harriot Kezia Hunt

Apart from my work, my greatest pleasures have been mainly out-of-doors, and although I no longer ski, I greatly enjoy walking in the mountains and leading country rambles. I am fond of music, whether light or classical, and play the piano in a self-taught way. In company, I enjoy lively, way-out discussions. — Godfrey Hounsfield

Don't pass it by
the immediate, the real, the only, the yours. — Henry James