Fortunamente Quotes & Sayings

And why does England thus persecute the votaries of her science? Why does she depress them to the level of her hewers of wood and her drawers of water? Is it because science flatters no courtier, mingles in no political strife? ... Can we behold unmoved the science of England, the vital principle of her arts, struggling for existence, the meek and unarmed victim of political strife?
[Reviewing Charles Babbage's Book, Reflections on the Decline of Science in England (1830)] — David Brewster

No map to help us find the tranquil flat lands, clearings calm, fields without mean fences. Rolling down the other side of life our compass is the sureness of ourselves. Time may make us rugged, ragged round the edges, but know and understand that love is still the safest place to land. — Rod McKuen

The great thing about a painter is that he or she lives on - I mean, Andrew Wyeth is more in his paintings than he was walking around. — Jamie Wyeth

A basic component of individual rights is the right to own property. — Russell Shorto

A question is a door and an unopened door is just part of the wall and as long as it's standing it's doing its job. — Brian McGreevy

We wasted ten years and you're worried about a few thousand miles? Hell, we've got airplanes, we've got email, they've invented fucking cell phones. Jesus, if it comes down to it, I'll even write you a fucking letter. — Jane Harvey-Berrick

If I seem better than you, you like me more. If you feel you have no chance with me, you like me more. — A.D. Aliwat

No one's going to shoot at me. — Lee Harvey Oswald

Drinking wine was not historically limited to people who could afford it. Western and European culture turned it into an elite thing. Winemakers were farmers and field workers. Everyday people. And that's who should enjoy and have access to wine. — Andre Hueston Mack

To Him I owe my life and breath, And all the joys I have; He makes me triumph over death, And saves me from the grave. — Samuel Stennett