Gossamer Albatross Quotes & Sayings

Some attitudes couldn't be changed, they just had to be outlived — Lois McMaster Bujold

So this judge in Virginia rules that a lesbian wasn't fit to raise her own daughter because she might grow up to be a lesbian, and gives custody to the lesbian's mother. And I'm thinking, "She's already raised one lesbian." — Chris Cannon

I do think that Americans are poorly served by their media, at times extremely poorly served by their elected officials who are non responsive to majority feelings and cut off to a certain degree from the affairs of the world. — Henry Rollins

In a fully free society, taxation-or, to be exact, payment for governmental services-would be voluntary. — Ayn Rand

I have seen John Scalzi's pose-off picture. There are no words. There is only inarticulate whimpering. — Jim C. Hines

The books of our childhood offer a vivid door to our own pasts, and not necessarily for the stories we read there, but for the memories of where we were and who we were when we were reading them; to remember a book is to remember the child who read that book. — Lewis Buzbee

This is the war I fear. — Lord Mountbatten

We get these questions a lot from the enterprising young. It's a very intelligent question: You look at some old guy who's rich and you ask, 'How can I become like you, except faster?'
Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Discharge your duties faithfully and well. Step by step you get ahead, but not necessarily in fast spurts. But you build discipline by preparing for fast spurts ... Slug it out one inch at a time, day by day, at the end of the day
if you live long enough
most people get what they deserve. — Charlie Munger

Developing a personal connection with anyone you're trying to do a big deal with is really important. — Sam Altman

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supporting you; but if not, you have infinite power against you. — Charles George Gordon

I do not imagine I will ever cling to her like she is the last handhold on an otherwise sheer cliff. I have wings. I am ever here in this moment because she is where I want to be. She is not some inanimate savior, she has wings of her own to flutter and soar. I intend to fly beside her, to tumble through the air in loops and gambols, to carry her when she grows tired, to keep her warm beneath them against raging winds. — Thomm Quackenbush

I advise you against following my example. Don't take up with a man who will die for you. Find one who will kill for you instead. — Donna Thorland

I believe that anyone who wants to wear a thong should have to go through an application process. — Bill Engvall

In my family, we let our boys have a say in what veggie side they want for dinner that night. We list off a handful of options and get them excited about helping to plan the dinner menu. They're much more inclined to finish their plates when they've helped decide what goes on them. — Cat Cora