Guyon Waton Quotes & Sayings

One common abbreviation used in Roman letters was SPD, which was short for salutem plurimam dicit, or "sends many greetings." This served as a greeting at the beginning of a letter, to indicate the sender and the receiver, as in "Marcus Sexto SPD" ("Marcus sends many greetings to Sextus"). Another popular acronym was SVBEEV, which was short for si vales, bene est, ego valeo ("if you are well, that is good, I am well"). Such abbreviations saved space and time, just as acronyms (BTW, AFAIK, IANAL) do today in Internet posts and text messages. — Tom Standage

Tobacco is a culture productive of infinite wretchedness. — Thomas Jefferson

Woody makes a movie as if he were lighting 10,000 safety matches to illuminate a city. Each one is a little epiphany: topical, ethnic, or political. — Gene Wilder

In an interview given at Gen Con in 2007, Gygax explained that he had been reluctant to talk about his identity as a Christian during the era of the panic: "I was afraid it would give Christianity a bad name because I did D&D."4 — Joseph Laycock

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it. — Jodie Foster

I enjoy films where two characters are coming of age, just different ages. That's why I love 'Paper Moon' so much. — Emma Forrest

If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.' — Adam Hamilton

He that gives a portion of his time and talent to the investigation of mathematical truth, will come to all other questions with a decided advantage over his opponents. — Charles Caleb Colton

When his nomination comes before the United States Senate, Timothy Batten can count on my strong support ... He is the right person for the job. — Saxby Chambliss

Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss ... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard? — Patrick Ness

I was a Packers fan growing up, and just to see the way he played the game and how excited he was about it all the time, he's my favorite. — Colin Kaepernick

The will to act is a renewable resource. — Al Gore

[The English] find ill-health not only interesting but respectable and often experience death in the effort to avoid a fuss. — Pamela Frankau

No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around. — Bessie Smith

Yeah. Almost as surprising as when you nailed me with your father's car."
In the interest of avoiding confrontation, I felt compelled to explain. I didn't feel obliged to do it convincingly. "It was an accident. My foot slipped."
"That was no accident. You jumped the goddamn curb and followed me down the sidewalk. — Janet Evanovich