Fomes Excavatus Quotes & Sayings

When the sun shineth, make hay. — John Heywood

We are told of the time when, with the same beliefs, with the same institutions, all the world seemed happy: why complain of these beliefs; why banish these institutions? We are slow to admit that that happy age served the precise purpose of developing the principle of evil which lay dormant in society; we accuse men and gods, the powers of earth and the forces of Nature. Instead of seeking the cause of the evil in his mind and heart, man blames his masters, his rivals, his neighbors, and himself; nations arm themselves, and slay and exterminate each other, until equilibrium is restored by the vast depopulation, and peace again arises from the ashes of the combatants. So loath is humanity to touch the customs of its ancestors, and to change the laws framed by the founders of communities, and confirmed by the faithful observance of the ages. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Don't let fear prevent you from doing something you love. — Grace Buchele Mineta

The easiest-to-read Bibles are called paraphrases. These can be very helpful, especially for young or first-time readers of the Bible. The best known of this type is The Living Bible. — Jeffrey Geoghegan

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult. — Anonymous

I think when you have strong leadership at the coaching level and you empower the coach and the coaching staff, you have a lot more stability. — Jeffrey Lurie

Use your work as a platform to bring the principles of God to the people — Sunday Adelaja

What I find interesting is how close you can run the laughter along the seam of seriousness, and occasionally cross it, so that half the house genuinely doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. Custard pie humour is fairly universal, but at the other end, which I'm more interested in, there's the humour that hovers on the darkness, that walks in the shadow of something else, not always that obvious. — Alan Ayckbourn

Reputations seldom deliver on promises of happiness. — Huston Piner

One's life, from being an exterior thing, grows inwards. Its intensity stays the same; and, d'you know, it's most mysterious, the corners in which the joy of living can sometimes hide away. — Blaise Cendrars

It is not overwhelmingly difficult for a committed group of players with only average individual basketball skills to put together a very good team defense. — Del Harris

She'd grown up in a strict household; she'd gone insane with freedom the minute she ran away and got out on her own. — Jim Butcher

The Chinese say that having two homes is the way to madness. I'm not mad, but I definitely wish Hollywood would move to Trafalgar Square. But the life of an actor is a life of movement, isn't it? — Alice Eve

I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut. — Mika.