Greatest Show On Turf Quotes & Sayings

Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and inspire their followers to similar imperfections. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.

The purpose of labor is to learn;
when you know it, the labor is over. — Kabir

The discovery of a completely unknown manuscript at a period in which historical science is carried to such a high degree appeared almost miraculous. We hastened, therefore, to obtain permission to print it, with the view of presenting ourselves someday with the pack of others at the doors of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, if we should not succeed - a very probable thing, by the by - in gaining admission to the Academie Francaise with our own proper pack. This permission, we feel bound to say, was graciously granted; which compels us here to give a public contradiction to the slanderers who pretend that we live under a government but moderately indulgent to men of letters. — Alexandre Dumas

The right way to deal with healthcare reform is not to have a one-size-fits-all plan that's imposed on all the states, but recognizing the differences between different states' populations, states should be able to craft their own plans to get all their citizens insured, and to make sure that preexisting conditions are covered. — Mitt Romney

I was starting to believe I was a character in a greater story, which is why the elements of story made sense in the first place. — Donald Miller

This is a story about survival.
Letting go and learning to let in.
Getting along and moving on.
The truth about life.
The things left unsaid ... — Nadege Richards

The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say. — Tom Stoppard

Never be afraid to expose a weakness in yourself. Exposing a weakness is the beginning of strength. — Robert Anthony

I'm a big fan of the Mass Effect games, and that's all about social manipulation and observing people and alliances and relationships. — Jonathan Nolan

Now, if anything at all can be known to be wrong, it seems to me to be unshakably certain that it would be wrong to make any sentient being suffer eternally for any offence whatever. — Antony Flew

The best lies are based on the
truth, at least in part — Cassandra Clare

As a people, we have the problem of making our forests outlast this generation, or iron outlast this century, and our coal the next; not merely as a matter of convenience or comfort, but as a matter of stern necessity. — William Howard Taft