Formidable Rival Crossword Quotes & Sayings

I was doing a bit that stupid people should be slapped. But the more I did it, the more I didn't like that connotation, the violence and all that. The more I thought about it, I thought they should just wear signs. And, man, it just took off. — Bill Engvall

With my family, historical facts are subsidiary to narrative, and narrative must always show the narrator in the best light. — Stuart Rojstaczer

There is no Weatherfax map on the Stella Lykes - only the barometer, the barographs, the teletypes from NOAA. The radar can see a storm, but that is like seeing a fist just before it hits you. When a storm is out there, somewhere, beyond the visible sky, the ship will let him know. "When you get close to a big storm, you can feel it. For some reason, the ship takes on almost a little uncertainty. She's almost like a live thing - like they say animals can sense bad weather coming. Sometimes I almost believe a ship can. I know that doesn't make sense, because she's steel and wood and metal, but she picks up a little uncertainty, probably something that is being transmitted through the water. It's hard to define. It's just a tiny little different motion, a little hesitancy, a little tremble from time to time." Off — John McPhee

While Google has given away pretty much everything it has to offer - from search and maps to email and apps - this has always been part of its greater revenue model: the pennies per placement it gets for seeding the entire Google universe of search and services with ever more targeted advertising. — Douglas Rushkoff

Walking across campus made me feel sad, and I thought to myself, I wasn't happy there. Then, after reading, we walked past Butler Library. It was dark, but the light inside illuminated the windows. Students were reading and working, and those lit windows gave me a wonderful, weightless feeling. I understood for the first time how happy I had been there - in the library. — Siri Hustvedt

I've never outgrown that feeling of mild pride, of acceptance, when children take your hand. — Ian McEwan

Language divides us into fragments, I wanted to be whole. — Margaret Atwood

God does not set his justice aside; he turns it onto himself. — Timothy Keller

A wise man does not step betwixt the beast and his meat — David Mitchell

The mighty Caliph of Khorasan. The King of Kings. Her beautiful monster. — Renee Ahdieh

Fiction to me is a kind of parable. You have got to make up your mind it's not true. Some kind of truth emerges from it, but it's not fact. — Muriel Spark

If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it. — Robert A. Heinlein

As those of you with children know, rational parenting is like the Loch Ness Monster. We all hope it's out there somewhere, but we don't know anyone who has actually discovered it (and if we do come across someone who claims to have found it, deep down we think that person is a little off. — Holly Sprink

We're depending on a bunch of horny teenagers to save the world. — Pittacus Lore