G Norman Collie Quotes & Sayings

The adoption of new technology finally occurs when ease of use, economic savings, and trust all come together to work toward change. EVERYTHING — Alec J. Ross

In free countries, every man is entitled to express his opinions and every other man is entitled not to listen. — J. Norman Collie

Every man has one thing he can do better than anyone else
and usually it's reading his own handwriting. — J. Norman Collie

With a sudden jerk of her bulky handbag, Claire Randall had bumped both whisky glasses off the table, showering Roger's lap and thighs with single malt whisky — Diana Gabaldon

Glory darts her soul-pervading ray on thrones and cottages, regardless still of all the artificial nice distinctions vain human customs make. — Hannah More

Back up everything! You are not invulnerable. Catastrophic data loss can happen to you - one worm or Trojan is all it takes. — Kevin Mitnick

And suddenly a shaft of blinding silver-white light three feet long sprang from the broken hilt of Fidelacchius and shone in the first golden light of that day's dawn, humming with the full power of the Sword, only louder now, more melodic, and physically audible. — Jim Butcher

To make certain that crime does not pay, the government should take it over and try to run it. — J. Norman Collie

Tactics could never genuinely move a person. — Hideo Yokoyama

Organic Chemistry has become a vast rubbish heap of puzzling and bewildering compounds. — J. Norman Collie

If you ask 10 nomes to push four will pull and two will say pardon — Terry Pratchett

You can't own your victories if you won't admit your failures. — Rachel Vail

Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother. — J. Norman Collie

Before she was allowed to take the albums out of their sleeves, Eleanor used to lay them out on the floor and stare at the artwork. When she was old enough, her dad taught her how to dust the records with a wood-handled velvet brush. She could remember her mother lighting incense — Rainbow Rowell

This universe is alive. Every molecule is alive, but all of them have different levels of consciousness. — Debasish Mridha

You want to know what I'm afraid of? All right, I'll tell you. I'm afraid of men - yes, I'm very much afraid of men. And I'm even more afraid of women. And I'm very much afraid of the whole bloody human race. Afraid of them? Of course I'm afraid of them. Who wouldn't be afraid of a pack of damned hyenas? [ ... ] And when I say afraid - that's just a word I use. What I really mean is that I hate them. I hate their voices, I hate their eyes, I hate the way they laugh. I hate the whole bloody business. It's cruel, it's idiotic, it's unspeakably horrible. I never had the guts to kill myself or I'd have got out of it long ago. — Jean Rhys

The text-book is rare that stimulates its reader to ask, Why is this so? Or, How does this connect with what has been read elsewhere? — J. Norman Collie

Every period had its style: why was it that our period was the only one to be denied a style? By "style" was meant ornament. I said, "weep not. Behold! What makes our period so important is that it is incapable of producing new ornament. We have out-grown ornament, we have struggled through to a state without ornament. Behold, the time is at hand, fulfilment awaits us. Soon the streets of the cities will glow like white walls! Like Zion, the Holy City, the capital of heaven. It is then that fulfilment will have come. — Adolf Loos