Gunboat Smith Quotes & Sayings

Faith is tossed about by various doubts, so that the minds of the godly are rarely at peace. — John Calvin

A complete revaluation takes place in your physical and mental being when you've laughed and had some fun. — Catherine Ponder

You shouldn't do science just to improve wealth - do science for the sake of human culture and
knowledge.
There must be some purpose in life that is higher than just surviving. — Gerhard

The companion of patience is silence. — T.F. Hodge

The present system under the control of the whites trains the Negro to be white and at the same time convinces him of the impropriety or the impossibility of his becoming white ... the Negros will have no outlet but to go down a blind alley, if the sort of education which they are now receiving is to enable them to find the way out of their present difficulties. — Carter G. Woodson

Ignorance is kind of bliss. — Jackie DeShannon

Mike Stanton is our preeminent aficionado and raconteur of Rhode Island's flamboyantly criminal political follies, and The Prince of Providence is the chronicle of a great American rogue, Mayor Buddy Cianci - a paragon of charisma and corruption. — Philip Gourevitch

One of the few things left in the world, aside from the world itself, that sadden me every day is an awareness that you get upset if Boo Boo or Walt tells you you're saying something that sounds like me. You sort of take it as an accusation of piracy, a little slam at your individuality. Is it so bad that we sometimes sound like each other? The membrane is so thin between us. Is it so important for us to keep in mind which is whose ... For us, doesn't each of our individualities begin right at the point where we own up to our extremely close connections and accept the inevitability of borrowing one another's jokes, talents, idiocies? — J.D. Salinger

It kind of struck me how great it would be to go out with a guy that size. And if you, you know, got tired of dating him, you could always use him as a house or something. — Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Some day,' said Smee, 'the clock will run down, and then he'll get you.'
Hook wetted his dry lips, 'Aye,' he said, 'that's the fear that haunts me. — J.M. Barrie

Philosophy begins with wonder. — Aristotle.

Men change less than is imagined; their after life is only a kaleidescope combination of the elements of their character at the period of adolescence. — Geraldine Jewsbury

Given that Socrates was effectively assassinated by poison, you might think twice before accepting his invitation to breakfast. — Robert Rowland Smith

There is no such thing as not being in pain just because somebody else is hurting! You'll just harm yourself more, even if you really are feeling fine! — Minari Endou

First you're going to get your sweet little ass down from there and bend over the counter while I show you who the fuck is boss around here. — Alyssa Turner