Harland Stonecipher Quotes & Sayings

Thinking has become a superfluous exercise ... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game. — Jacques Ellul

There remain times when one can only endure. One lives on, one doesn't die, and the only thing that one can do, is to fill one's mind and time as far as possible with the concerns of other people. It doesn't bring immediate peace, but it brings the dawn nearer. — A. C. Benson

There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion. — P. J. O'Rourke

To misstate, or even merely understate, the relation of the universities to beauty is one kind of error that can be made. A university is among the precious things that can be destroyed. — Elaine Scarry

During a moment of silence I close my eyes tight and let the birds take me. When I opened my eyes I saw her. — Jonathan Hull

My mom once told me that my dad had given me an alliterative name, Wade Watts, because he thought it sounded like the secret identity of a superhero. Like Peter Parker or Clark Kent. — Ernest Cline

I'm a great thief. I like to lift stuff and play it better. The real trick is taking whatever you've stolen and trying to do something different with it. — Carl Palmer