Fonck World Quotes & Sayings

Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else. — David Foster Wallace

By ... [selecting] the youths of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the State of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated. — Thomas Jefferson

Truth is the one thing in nature always consistent with itself, and it is the one guide given to us in steering on the ocean of fate. — Arthur Alfred Lynch

There is a very interesting debate raging at the moment on the nature of sin, for example."
"And what do they think? Against it, are they?"
"It is not as simple as that. It's not a black and white issue. There are so many shades of gray."
"Nope."
"Pardon?"
There's no grays, only white that's got grubby. I'm surprised you don't know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That's what sin is."
"It's a lot more complicated than that
"
"No it ain't. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth. People as things, that's where it starts."
"Oh, I'm sure there are worse crimes-"
"But they Starts with thinking about people as things ... — Terry Pratchett

The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street. — Kin Hubbard

Thanks be unto God which always causeth us to triumph in Christ! — Hannah Whitall Smith

To shelter and to hide, they have resigned themselves. — J. D. McClatchy

Knowing the plumbing of the universe, intricate and awe-inspiring though that plumbing might be, is a far cry from discovering its purpose. — Gerald Schroeder

Wow. You guys are like a broken record. Don't you ever get tired of the whole 'knock 'em our and drag 'em back to the cave' routine? 'Cause I swear, Cro-Magnons were more subtle. — Rachel Vincent

I am not afraid of the darkness. Real death is preferable to a life without living. — Vasco Da Gama

Beautiful, ugly, impressive, disgusting, meaningless, grim, contradictory etc ... It makes no difference, as long as it is life, vigorously pouring forth. — Asger Jorn

Experience has shown that science frequently develops most fruitfully once we learn to examine the things that seem the simplest, instead of those that seem the most mysterious. — Marvin Minsky

I think when you have a good warm up you feel good about your performance. You know that you've trained so mentally you're in a better state. — Keauna McLaughlin

So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents. — Steven Pinker