Fortner Taxidermy Quotes & Sayings

Be kind. Be wise. Be free! — Jackie Coupe

When the evening was over Alistair Cooke shook my hand goodbye and held it firmly, saying, 'This hand you are shaking once shook the hand of Bertrand Russell.'
'Wow!' I said, duly impressed.
'No, No,' said Cooke, 'It goes further than that. Bertrand Russell knew Robert Browning. Bertrand Russell's aunt danced with Napoleon. That's how close we all are to history. Just a few handshakes away. Never forget that. — Stephen Fry

The years came and went, and gave their blessings, and demanded their sacrifices. — Christie Golden

Obviously, the goal is to maximize my own potential, whatever that may be. That's all I focus on. — Torrey Smith

He closed his third eye and opened the other two, the old two, the blind two. — George R R Martin

That's what fantasies are for: they allow you to skip the degradation and head straight to the top. — David Sedaris

Modern thought does not offer consolations, but upsets. — Mason Cooley

As children of the Lord we should strive every day to rise to a higher level of personal righteousness in all of our actions. — James E. Faust

If the work of our sanctification presents us with difficulties that appear insurmountable, it is because we do not look at it in the right way. In reality, holiness consists in one thing alone, namely, fidelity to God's plan. And this fidelity is equally within everyone's capacity in both its active and passive exercise. — Jean-Pierre De Caussade

Somebody must take a chance. There are monkeys who became men, and the monkeys who didn't are still jumping around in trees making faces at the monkeys who did. — Lincoln Steffens

I had an invitation to contribute a track to a Robert Johnson tribute album, and it was the first time I'd done anything like that in my life. I was not brought up with the blues or anything like that, and I really, really enjoyed it. — Robert Palmer

Poetry itself is music. I'm just lucky that I can convert it into music. — Benjamin Clementine

The way to wickedness is always through wickedness. — Seneca The Younger

If you keep an active life, you stay young. — Lailah Gifty Akita