Figline Quotes & Sayings

As with any large investment, it can be emotionally difficult to abandon a line of research when it isn't working out. But in science, if something isn't working, you have to toss it out and try something else. — Antony Garrett Lisi

The social sciences collectively know too little to waste time on foolish disciplinary squabbles. — Thomas Piketty

The fast pace of our lives makes it difficult for us to find grace in the present moment, and when the simple gifts at our fingertips cease to nourish us, we have a tendency to crave the sensational. — Macrina Wiederkehr

I got rid of all my Colin Firth movies in case they consider it erotica. — LIZ

One's character is determined not how she gets caught in the downpour of disappointment, but how she finds the hope to look for the rainbow. — Colette Freedman

Time blossomed, matter shrank away. The highest prime number coalesced quietly in a corner and hid itself away for ever. — Douglas Adams

Were it not for the melanin in our skin, myoglobin in our muscles and haemoglobin in our blood, we would be the colour of mitochondria. And, if this were so, we would change colour when we exercised or ran out of breath, so that you could tell how energized someone was from his or her colour. — Guy Brown

The purpose of man is in action not thought. — Thomas Carlyle

If someone had told Allie that she would commit a premeditated act of murder, she would not have believed it. She would have spouted off all the reasons how she could never be capable of such a thing - that no matter how dire the circumstances, she would find a better way. She was so naive, so arrogant to think that the laws of necessity and unthinkable circumstance could not apply to her. She could tell herself that this was an act of mercy, but that would be a lie. This was an act of war. An act of terrorism. It was nothing less than an assassination.
If I do this, Allie told herself, I am no better than Mary. I will have sunk to the worst possible place a person can go. After this moment, I will be a cold-blooded killer and it can never be taken back.
So the question was, did Allie Johnson have the strength to sacrifice all that was left of her innocence if it meant she might save the world? — Neal Shusterman

Of all the questions I get asked as an undocumented immigrant in the United States, there are two - asked in various permutations via email, social media or in person - that chill me to the bone: 'Why don't you just make yourself legal?' And: 'Why don't you get in the back of the line?' — Jose Antonio Vargas

I do care about not 99 percent or 95 percent. I care about the very rich and the very poor. I care about 100 percent of America. — Rick Santorum

In America the chief accusation seems to be one of "Eroticism." This is odd, rather puzzling to my mind. Which Eros? Eros of the jaunty "amours," or Eros of the sacred mysteries? And if the latter, why accuse, why not respect, even venerate? — D.H. Lawrence

I don't like pink and I am not into girlie stuff, bows and frills, sugary looking things. — Katie McGrath

I like the obvious statement, although some people might wish to think they aren't there, that they will go away with time. — Ralph Eugene Meatyard