Fliptop Battle Quotes & Sayings

A Gothic church is a petrified religion. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The dreams had ceased coming, as they often did, retreating somewhere else for years, until another event of sufficient significance neared, and the patterns of circumstance dragged them to the surface again. — Anthony Doerr

I've loved you all along. I just changed my about admitting it to myself and letting you love me. — Julie Ann Walker

Every present anger derives from past weakness. — Glen Duncan

She and Don were taken to a hangar where a pair of F-15 fighter jets were waiting: his and hers, as it turned out. "Why?" Don asked uneasily. "We're taking you to the U.S.S. William Jefferson Clinton." "An aircraft carrier? — Thomas Waite

I believe that when you step into uncharted territory, you are also stepping into total abandonment, potential humiliation, and a space where nothing is guaranteed; there's no case study or roadmap. I have so much respect for anybody who will step away from what they can do in order to find what they must do. That's a hallmark characteristic of entrepreneurs and artists. And it's scary and exciting as all hell. — Elle Luna

Revolutionists have a spiritual philosophy of their own, on the strength of which they face gallows and without a wink stare in the eyes of death. — Gopal Godse

What are your duties?" said Vimes. "To Serve The Public Trust, Protect The Innocent, And Seriously Prod Buttock, Sir," said Dorfl. — Terry Pratchett

People's lives are a direct reflection of the expectations of their peer group. — Joy Lincoln

What rewards and punishments do is induce compliance, and this they do very well indeed. If your objective is to get people to obey an order, to show up on time and do what they're told, then bribing or threatening them may be sensible strategies. But if your objective is to get long-term quality in the workplace, to help students become careful thinkers and self-directed learners, or to support children in developing good values, then rewards, like punishments, are absolutely useless. In fact, as we are beginning to see, they are worse than useless - they are actually counterproductive. — Alfie Kohn

When you go to the theater, you are slipping out of your life into someone else's imaginary world. — Robert Krulwich

I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home. — John Lithgow

Genius defined: of inspiration 1% percent, of perspiration, 99%. — Thomas A. Edison

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?' — Abraham Lincoln

I cherish my childish loves
the memory of that warm little nest where my affections were fledged. — George Eliot