Grochale Quotes & Sayings

An astronomer once explained to me that the galaxy we live in, the Milky Way, is vast, too vast to be understood without metaphor, so he gave me one. He said if you picture the Milky Way as being the size of mainland Europe, our solar system - that's Mars, Venus, Saturn, us here on Earth (you remember from school) - in a Milky Way the size of Europe our solar system would fit inside a single teacup somewhere in Belgium. He paused for my amazement, which I duly offered. But really what can you say? "Ooh, a teacup." "Blimey, Belgium." "Cor, it makes you think, doesn't it?" Then he added, clearly sensing I was at a bit of a loss for words, having just been reduced to a dot on a speck in a teacup in a continent: "Russell, there are 400 million KNOWN galaxies in our universe. — Russell Brand

I'm much more interested in raising revenues for businesses than for the government. — Dave Camp

In his book Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort, Zipf argues that he has found a unifying principle, the Principle of Least Effort, which underlies essentially the entire human condition (the book even includes some questionable remarks on human sexuality!). The Principle of Least Effort argues that people will act so as to minimize their probable average rate of work (i.e., not only to minimize the work that they would have to do immediately, but taking due consideration of future work that might result from doing work poorly in the short term). — Christopher Manning

Nothing deflates so fast as a punctured reputation. — Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

Evil is real - and powerful. It has to be fought, not explained away, not fled. And God is against evil all the way. So each of us has to decide where WE stand, how we're going to live OUR lives. We can try to persuade ourselves that evil doesn't exist; live for ourselves and wink at evil. We can say that it isn't so bad after all, maybe even try to call it fun by clothing it in silks and velvets. We can compromise with it, keep quiet about it and say it's none of our business. Or we can work on God's side, listen for His orders on strategy against the evil, no matter how horrible it is, and know that He can transform it. — Catherine Marshall

You can say what you think music is, but the only way it really is, is how people experience it. — Stone Gossard

Ask yourself this: How much deprivation, how much self-effacement must you suffer through before you act on your desire for meaning and fulfillment? Before it's your turn to thrive in your life, instead of barely surviving it? Some people live their dreams. Why not you? — Jillian Michaels

Many have forgotten who our true enemy is. Satan is not playing a game with us. He is playing for keeps. He is out to destroy us. — Ruben Barreto

It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large. — Winston Churchill

A balloon seller sells his breath till death to spread happiness, while he can't taste any of it. — Sujit Meher

Chris's tongue traced a path of fire down Tia's neck. His hands sought her breasts, kneading the soft flesh. — Karen White-Owens

That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out. — Chris Abani

Whatever I ended up doing with my life,I wanted to people feel the way this music was making me feel. — Anthony Kiedis

If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

There is no excellency without difficulty. — Ovid