Insanescouter Quotes & Sayings

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler. — Plautus

The people who depend on an antenna are often those who are underprivileged - the elderly and the disadvantaged who can't afford a $200-a-month cable bill. — Gordon Smith

He, after all, had no standards of manliness, of virility, to complicate his pride. — Ursula K. Le Guin

I have myself always been terrified of plagiarism - of being accused of it, that is. Every writer is a thief, though some of us are more clever than others at disguising our robberies. The reason writers are such slow readers is that we are ceaselessly searching for things we can steal and then pass off as our own: a natty bit of syntax, a seamless transition, a metaphor that jumps to its target like an arrow shot from an aluminum crossbow. — Joseph Epstein

He turned to face her again, his late-pretty composure crumbling. "But you're ... "
"Pretty? Think again." She smiled. "I'm Tally Youngbood. My mind is very ugly. And I'm taking your car. — Scott Westerfeld

Christmas hath a darkness;
Brighter than the blazing noon;
Christmas hath a chillness
Warmer than the heat of June,
Christmas hath a beauty
Lovelier than the world can show:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low — Christina Rossetti

Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason. — Marcus Aurelius

When I think of all of us then, I see how we were in danger. Not because of the drinking or the sex or the hour of the night. But because we were so innocent and we didn't even know it. There's no way of getting it back. The confidence. The easy laughter. The sensation of having left home only for a little while. Of having a home to return to. We — Nina LaCour

I am not certain of the hereafter. Frankly, I'm not all that certain of the here. — Robert Breault

It's been interesting. I went through a period where a lot of people would recognize me, and then when I had injures and my ranking dropped, not as many people did. — Mary Pierce

If you are religious, pray. If you are philosophical, contemplate. If you are spiritual, meditate. — John K. Brown

Five hours later, the government of Ceres collapsed. — James S.A. Corey

People ask if I regret not winning a Stanley Cup, but winning the series against the Soviet Union was the best. It was the greatest experience of my hockey career by far. — Marcel Dionne