Flanged Quotes & Sayings

Maybe the kinds of people who try to shape the world feel like they're smarter than chaos itself. — Hugh Howey

The Americans are so much more positive. They are much more in love with success. In Britain, they're a fairly envious bunch, and they love it if you fail. — John Cleese

The Egyptians have always been deeply impressed by the fact of human mortality, and much of their religious belief and religious ritual is taken up with the rites of burial, and detailed doctrines as to the experience of the soul after parting from the body. — Anonymous

Eloquence, when in its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection. — David Hume

You must tell me about it when you do,' she said. 'When you make love for the first time, I mean. I want to know what you think.'
He glanced away from her, out of the window. An ice-cream parlour, a man with a dog, a tree. How was he going to get out of shopping next week?
'It's so wonderful, it's like,' and she left her mouth open while she thought, and then it came to her, and she smiled, 'it's like colours everywhere. — Rupert Thomson

Our very worst days are never beyond the reach of God's grace. — Jerry Bridges

This body of reporting provides an unparalleled glimpse into the shadowy world of extrajudicial assassination that promises to be Barack Obama's most troubling legacy. — Jeremy Scahill

Lad, there are other starvations besides the total lack of food. There are slow starvations and divers ones. - Doctor Day — E.D.E.N. Southworth

I know people who are so immersed in road maps that they never see the countryside they pass through, and others who, having traced a route, are held to it as though held by flanged wheels to rails. — John Steinbeck