House Of A 1000 Corpses Quotes & Sayings

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Instead, over the past thirty years, in the world of action and adventure sports, in situations where asses really were on the line, the bounds of the possible have been pushed further and faster than ever before in history. We've seen near-exponential growth in ultimate human performance, which is both hyperbolic paradox and considerable mystery. Somehow, a generation's worth of iconoclastic misfits have rewritten the rules of the feasible, not just raising the bar but often obliterating it altogether. And this brings up one final question: Where-if anywhere-do our actual limits lie? — Steven Kotler

One wonders what the proper high-brow Romans ... read into the strange utterances of Lucretius or Apuleius or Tertullian, Augustine or Athanasius. The uncanny voice of Iberian Spain, the weirdness of old Carthage, the passion of Libya and North Africa. — D.H. Lawrence

It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution. — George Edmund Street

He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext. — Publilius Syrus

Self-struggle is spiritual. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I worked as a lawyer; as a member of the teaching staff of a technical college; and then I worked principally as legal adviser to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party. — Hans Frank

Stairs incorporate three pieces of geometry: rise, going, and pitch. The rise is the height between steps, the going is the step itself (technically, the distance between the leading edges, or nosings, of two successive steps measured horizontally), and the pitch is the overall steepness of the stairway. — Bill Bryson

when you feel sad, you look sad — Gayle Forman

We all have pretty much similar dreams, and at the root of all those dreams is being able to be in control of your money. — Alexa Von Tobel

Stories of the Virgin being succoured by a friendly palm tree had actually been a Christian tradition for centuries, and seem in turn to have derived from a legend told by the pagan Greeks, was blithely ignored - as, of course, it was bound to be. — Tom Holland

I had only two goals going forward: to fool people into thinking I was Sidonia, and of course, to try not to die. — S.J. Kincaid

Love will fan the flame, and that flame will warm the heart that's waiting. — Michael W. Smith

A lot of actors never talk to other actors about how they're doing things, or why. I think it's important to share the way you're thinking. — John Travolta