Heckuva Seat Quotes & Sayings

A story is like a nut," Vashet said. "A fool will swallow it whole and choke. A fool will throw it away, thinking it of little worth." She smiled. "But a wise woman finds a way to crack the shell and eat the meat inside. — Patrick Rothfuss

economy is the collective system by which humans make information grow. — Cesar Hidalgo

The contrast between an apparent concern about poverty and lack of concern about inequality was nicely summarized recently by English historian David Kynaston: "Everyone is happy talking about eliminating poverty, because this looks like an admirable and ethical response to the problem of inequality, while leaving the structures of power untouched. — Branko Milanovic

Knowledge is power. In the wrong hands, knowledge is trouble. — Cinda Williams Chima

Kilometers above, men who didn't know her name wanted to kill her — Anthony Marra

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms. — Socrates

several old movies where the boy tossed pebbles at the girl's window. So I planned to use that approach. But — Michael Wolf

What interests me is love, sex, death, cruelty, compassion and the desire for meaning in an apparently godless universe. In other words the human condition. — Glen Duncan

He who learns and runs away, lives to learn another day. — Edward Thorndike

Nate Silver says this is a 73.6 percent chance that the president is going to win? Nobody in that campaign thinks they have a 73 percent chance - they think they have a 50.1 percent chance of winning. And you talk to the Romney people, it's the same thing. And anybody that thinks that this race is anything but a tossup right now is such an ideologue, they should be kept away from typewriters, computers, laptops and microphones for the next 10 days, because they're jokes. — Joe Scarborough

The hands that had made the sun and stars were too small to reach the huge heads of the cattle. Upon this paradox, we might almost say upon this jest, all the literature of our faith is founded. — Gilbert K. Chesterton