Freckled Poppy Quotes & Sayings

As an economist, I'm aware that life is full of trade offs. — Peter Blair Henry

An imbecile habit has arisen in modern controversy of saying that such and such a creed can be held in one age but cannot be held in another. Some dogma, we are told, was credible in the twelfth century, but is not credible in the twentieth. You might as well say that a certain philosophy can be believed on Mondays, but cannot be believed on Tuesdays. You might as well say of a view of the cosmos that it was suitable to half-past three, but not suitable to half-past four. What a man can believe depends upon his philosophy, not upon the clock or the century. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned. — Paul D. Boyer

When I first started to take photographs in Czechoslovakia, I met this old gentleman, this old photographer, who told me a few practical things. One of the things he said was, "Josef, a photographer works on the subject, but the subject works on the photographer." — Josef Koudelka

People tend to want to follow the beaten path. The difficulty is that the beaten path doesn't seem to be leading anywhere. — Charles Mathias

If a woman-in-a-man's body goes after a man, is she attracted to the same or the opposite sex? If a man-in-a -woman's body wants a woman, is he a lesbian or straight? Prejudice is only cowardice in the face of complexity. — Jay Lemke

Do you reckon Tom Sawyer was satisfied after all them adventures? — Mark Twain

I believe in being a happy conservative: that you're happy because your policies will give people greater freedom, greater independence. But you have to explain why your policy makes life better. — Kevin McCarthy

The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so. — Louis Pasteur

Thou art all the comfort,
The Gods will diet me with. — William Shakespeare

David overcame Goliath. Job withstood loss. Faith will carry you through the day. Just believe. — Derrick L. Randall

Waiting rooms were made for books - of course! — Stephen King