Heureka Quotes & Sayings

It is vain to expect a well-balanced government without a well-balanced society. — Gideon Welles

Yesterday when we went over the plan again and again, I never thought about Grandad showing up. Because I'm an idiot, basically
an idiot with poor planning skills. Of course he's here. Where else would he be?
Seriously, what else could go wrong? — Holly Black

It is often argued that the people who will be affected by a major decision should be involved in it. Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal in southern Africa, once resolved a dispute between two brothers about a land inheritance they were to share. Kruger's decision: let one brother divide the land, and let the other brother have first choice. — Louis E. Boone

Jack: For Christ's sake, it wasn't like I was on vacation. I've been in Iowa, in cornfield hell!
Keely: Did you just say you got cornholed in Iowa? — Lorelei James

You don't have to be "insane" to cut people up, no matter how fiendishly you do it. You just have to hate enough. — Bruce Robinson

Owls visited them at night. Some thought the owls were witches. Some thought they were angels of death. Some thought they were holy and brought blessings. Some thought they were the restless spirits of the dead. The cowboys thought they were owls. — Luis Alberto Urrea

Women are the root of all evil. I ought to know. I'm Evel. — Evel Knievel

You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?' — David Mamet

Oh what a long time we shall not be and the world will endure,
Neither name nor sign of us will exist;
Before this we were not and there was no deficiency,
After this, when we are not it will be the same as before. — Omar Khayyam

About Archimedes one remembers that he did strange things: he ran around naked shouting Heureka!, plunged crowns into water, drew geometric figures as he was about to be killed, and so on ... One ends up forgetting he was a scientist of whom we still have many writings. — Lucio Russo

Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life. — Anthony Hopkins

'The Mark' I played a psychiatrist. And in the '50's everybody went to a psychiatrist because if you didn't, you'd have nothing to talk about at cocktail parties. — Rod Steiger