Gators Dockside Quotes & Sayings

Death in the Clouds — Agatha Christie

I am not yet born; Forgive me For the sins that in me the world shall commit, my words When they speak me, my thoughts when they think me, My treason engendered by traitors beyound me, My life when they murder by means of my hands, my death when they live me. — Louis MacNeice

And by this very difference tragedy stands apart in relation to comedy, for the latter intends to imitate those who are worse, and the former better, than people are now. — Aristotle.

It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure in the future. Often the pleasure is illusory, but their error in calculation is no refutation of the rule. You are puzzled because you cannot get over the idea that pleasures are only of the sense; but, child, a man who dies for his country dies because he likes it as surely as a man eats pickled cabbage because he likes it. — W. Somerset Maugham

Wonders are many ... but none is more wonderful than man — Sophocles

Leaving knots untied and scattering seeds to distract them will only work on vampires with OCD. — Molly Harper

I think people dismiss celebrity memoirs as unreal, contrived and maybe partially made up. But that's definitely not true for anything that I write. — Hilary Liftin

I need to know that you'll think about the good times we shared, and never settle for anything less than how you felt in those moments. — Lisa De Jong

It is also said that Genghis Khan wanted to attack the kingdom of Prester John, but that the latter repulsed him by unleashing thunderbolts against his armies. — Rene Guenon

I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa? — Marion Barry

Anyone who's had a casual conversation with his neighbors or is cognizant of reality TV should already be petrified of democracy. — David Harsanyi