Funny Cold Mountain Quotes & Sayings

I rather wish to rest my case on material considerations, not those of the social future but those of the actual historical period of the capitalist world-economy. — Immanuel Wallerstein

Gourmet: Usually little more than a glutton festooned with credit cards. — Sydney J. Harris

Intellectual beauty is sufficient unto itself, and only for it rather than for the future good of humanity does the scholar condemn himself to arduous and painful labors. — Santiago Ramon Y Cajal

We've been trained to prefer being right to learning something, to prefer passing the test to making a difference, and most of all, to prefer fitting in with the right people, the people with economic power. Now it's your turn to stand up and stand out. — Seth Godin

The Bible should be taught so early and so thoroughly that it sinks straight to the bottom of the mind where everything that comes along can settle on it. — Northrop Frye

On any ball hit
to center field, let's just let it roll to see if it might go foul. — Joe

You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it's the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment. — John Knowles

Who are you?" I find myself asking again. "I am what you need, what you crave, and what you desire. I can give you anything you want, but only if you're willing. If you want me gone, I will go, and you will never have to see me again. — Jaimie Roberts

All our suffering is associated with this pre-occupation. All loss and gain, pleasure and pain arise because we identify so closely with this vague feeling of selfness that we have. We are so emotionally involved with and attached to this "self" that we take it for granted. — Francisco Varela

I couldn't decide if he was four or nine or twelve. I had no idea of the specifics of children. He was too young to drive, but old enough to be able to turn doorknobs. — Maggie Stiefvater

Every batch of sperm represents an opportunity for genetic typos - called de novo mutations - to be passed on. A 20-year-old man and woman will each pass on about 20 de novo mutations to a baby they conceive. By the time the couple is 40, a woman's total has remained at 20, while a man's has jumped to 65 - and it keeps climbing from there. — Jeffrey Kluger

My father and mother had tremendous integrity, and obviously that affected me. — David Green