Garners Ferry Quotes & Sayings

He did not wish to be the man to whom nothing was ever to happen. — Andrew Holleran

We need more science in the world. Train me. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

In most cases, to be reasonable means not to be obstinate, which in turn points to conformity with reality as it is. The principle of adjustment is taken for granted. When the idea of reason was conceived, it was intended to achieve more than the mere regulation of the relation between means and ends: it was regarded as the instrument for understanding the ends, for determining them. — Max Horkheimer

And this is the origin of pop music: it's a professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music as well. — Pete Seeger

The site still radiated a powerful aura that whispered of past glories too ancient for me to comprehend. — Jim Al-Khalili

What I wanted was to write a memoir that was immersive rather than reflective, to resurrect a long-gone version of my own consciousness. I kept expecting that sooner or later the effort would come to seem like second nature to me, but it never did. — Kevin Brockmeier

No amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition of brilliant and stirring eloquence can atone for the absence of a deep impassioned sympathetic love for human souls. — David Brainerd

I'm not someone who is driven by big external stories. I like big emotional stories. — Julianne Moore

I believe the number is 70% of the world's refugees since World War II have been taken in by the United States. Every year, year in, year out, the United States admits more legal immigrants than the rest of the world combined. The United States has granted amnesty before to three million illegals and appears prepared to do it again. — Rush Limbaugh

Bank robbing is more of a sure thing than farming. — Allan Dare Pearce

As for the goddess's answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone. — Madeline Miller

As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could have conceivably lived with Jim Crow - with the daily degradations, the lynchings in plain sight, and, as the movement gathered force, with the fire hoses and the police dogs and the billy clubs. — Jon Meacham

Maybe you won't find a place where you fit in for a very long time, but you eventually will. — Taylor Swift

I always thought models had to fit a certain mould. I never thought I had what it takes. I'm too small and my look's pretty weird. — Devon Aoki