Godwin S Law Quotes & Sayings

There is no facial expression that says, "Sorry, I drunkenly, nakedly got into bed with your children and your mother. No hard feelings. Jesus, no hard anything, there are children present. Oh by the way, I think that there oughtn't be such rigid laws on immigration - as far as I'm concerned the earth is one place and we should all travel with impunity. One love. — Anonymous

When an untoward event occurs in your life, react to it without haste or passion. — Joe Hyams

Strange that men, from age to age, should consent to hold their lives at the breath of another, merely that each in his turn may have a power of acting the tyrant according to the law! Oh, God! give me poverty! Shower upon me all the imaginary hardships of human life! I will receive them with all thankfulness. Turn me a prey to the wild beasts of the desert, so I be never again the victim of man, dressed in the gore-dripping robes of authority! Suffer me at least to call life, the pursuits of life, my own! Let me hold it at the mercy of the elements, of the hunger of the beasts, or the revenge of barbarians, but not of the cold-blooded prudence of monopolists and kings! — William Godwin

I know about winning batting titles. — Pete Rose

Godwin's law states that the longer any online debate goes on, the likelier it is that someone will play the Nazi card. It's the rhetorical equivalent of going nuclear and stupid at the same time. — John Avlon

A two-and-a-half-year-old is pretty experienced at making a mess, anyway. — Bill Nye

Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy — Leo Tolstoy

The United States of America have taken their name from the United States of the Netherlands. — Seth Low

When Roger Ailes said that NPR executives were 'the left wing of Nazism," he wasn't trying to tar NPR as evil in the eyes of the general public or the Congress, but to signal to others on his team that they owed NPR no courtesy or respect and had permission to be assholes about the organization. (209-10) — Geoffrey Nunberg

We all have secrets. Most are guilty, a few are wretched and some are too precious to share. — C.L. Taylor

At the Nuremberg trials, the political philosopher Hannah Arendt described the actions and the architects of the Holocaust with a simple, memorable phase--saying that the whole lot represented 'the banality of evil.' Her long ago words applied well to the man before us. — Michael Morton

O for the gentleness of old Romance, the simple planning of a minstrel's song! — John Keats

The attempt and not the deed confounds us. — William Shakespeare

I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin. — Eddie Campbell

Imagine your mind as a garden and thoughts as the seeds you plant. Habitual negative, unhealthy, self-critical thoughts produce the weeds and thistles of depression, discontent, and anxiety in the garden of your mind. Luckily, the opposite is also true. Consistently planting positive, healthy, constructive thoughts will yield a crop of beautiful feelings, such as gratitude, love, and joy. — Sue Thoele

This was just one of many times God has spared me. — Jack Kelley

Data is the new oil? No: Data is the new soil. — David McCandless

Growing up is the dumbest thing I ever wanted to rush into. — Tanya Masse

I met Rosie at the airport. She remained uncomfortable about me purchasing her ticket, so I told her she could pay me back by selecting some Wife Project applicants for me to date.
'Fuck you,' she said.
It seemed we were friends again. — Graeme Simsion