Historica Quotes & Sayings

I'm not listening for song ideas; I'm listening for soul ideas. — Chuck Cannon

What had started out as a game was now an open challenge, as well as a direct threat. Any further action would bear results, it was clear from the way his gaze smoldered into mine. In that way, it was like an optical erection. — Jeaniene Frost

Like many others, I grew up in an age that preached liberty and built slave camps. — Charles Simic

Faith is tested in the face of adversity — Dune Elliot

It gives us a lot of versatility and flexibility. Looking ahead, we've got a lot of good young players coming through the system. As they make their way, we'll have some tough decisions down the road. I'm just glad to have this one bat in our lineup that can drive in 100 runs, hit 25 to 30 home runs at least, and in our ballpark, maybe more. — Tim Purpura

Typically, the hero of the fairy tale achieves a domestic, microcosmic triumph, and the hero of myth a world-historica l, macrocosmic triumph. Whereas the former-the youngest or despised child who becomes the master of extraordinary powers-prevails over his personal oppressors, the latter brings back from his adventure the means for the regeneration of his society as a whole. — Joseph Campbell

Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are! — Phyllis Bottome

A Masai warrior on a cellphone in the middle of Kenya has better mobile comm than President Reagan did 25 years ago. — Peter Diamandis

When it came to monsters, she'd known the very best.' ... this is a proper quote from the book by the way, the beginning and end one isn't. — Shehanne Moore

Hard writing makes easy reading. — Wallace Stegner

I was just a folk singer. I cut my teeth on the streets, you know. — Cass McCombs

The invention of photography destroyed the canons of representational, imitative art. — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

The truth belongs to those who seek it, not to those who claim to own it. — Nicolas De Condorcet

Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture. — Rick Warren