Fireblacked Quotes & Sayings

They found the lost scouts hanging head downward from the limbs of a fireblacked paloverde tree. They were skewered through the cords of their heels with sharpened shuttles of green wood and they hung gray and naked above the dead ashes of the coals where they'd been roasted until their heads had charred and the brains bubbled in the skulls and steam sang from their noseholes. Their tongues were drawn out and held with sharpened sticks thrust through them and they had been docked of their ears and their torsos were sliced open with flints until the entrails hung down on their chests. Some of the men pushed forward with their knives and cut the bodies down and they left them there in the ashes. — Cormac McCarthy

Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor. — Ogden Nash

To be ethical, never think of anything unethical. To be moral, never hurt anyone. — Debasish Mridha

One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor. — Thomas More

Anger and resentment are problems for our understanding and vision. They happen when we are away from our real purpose and mission. — Debasish Mridha

If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace. — Oswald Spengler

Girls are stronger in numbers. So yes, I believe girls should stick together whenever possible. — Karlie Kloss

Why is it that at the very moment I need to appear graceful I stumble and fall like a klutz, as though this scene had never played through my mind differently a million times? — Richelle E. Goodrich

We made and spent at least 10 million dollars. The thing is, we heard that the planet was going to end in 2012. We thought, We have got to spend this money before the asteroid hits. — Spencer Pratt

Getting down to the nitty-gritty, most people are motivated by unconscious motives most of the time. — Richard J. Mayer

You know how it is when you're walking up the stairs, and you get to the top, and you think there's one more step? I'm like that all the time. — Steven Wright