Inspector Lynley Quotes & Sayings

The surface of the Earth itself is an immense loom upon which the sun weaves the fabric of existence. — Wade Davis

It is relatively unusual that a physical scientist is truly an atheist. Why is this true? Some point to the anthropic constraints, the remarkable fine tuning of the universe. For example, Freeman Dyson, a Princeton faculty member, has said, 'Nature has been kinder to us that we had any right to expect.' — Henry F. Schaefer, III

I don't know why I felt so closed and bitter and threatened by the things I did not like. — Peter Cameron

Modelling doesn't hold you back in L.A. at all. — Jamie Dornan

A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not. — Jonathan Sacks

I don't think it's a contradiction to find painfulness funny. — Jill Soloway

Sometimes, all you have to do is ask. — Randy Pausch

Pete's a good guy."
"He just slept with my mother!"
"I didn't say he was perfect. — Debbie Macomber

First time I saw an alligator gar I damn near threw up. They ain't natural anything get that big. It's ten feet long and three feet at the girth. Not one of God's creations like you and meSome say they ain't afraid of alligator gar fish. Bullshit. You look at that thing. It's big and mean. Swallow both of us. Them people say they ain't afraid tellin' lies. — Bukka White

How does the industry seek to master the risks? Through mathematics. The common-sense version of what sophisticated investors do is diversification, a technique so old it's mentioned in the Talmud, where the strategy advocated is to have a third of your assets in trade, a third in cash and a third in land. — John Lanchester

Beware. Beware. Beware of the big, green dragon that sits on your doorstep. He eats little boys, puppy dog tails and big, fat snails. Beware. Take care. Beware. — Ed Wood

I worked in restaurants, bars, record stores; I did anything and everything to pay my way through university and LAMDA. — Tom Riley

I don't think I've played a lot of crazy people. — Melanie Lynskey

As she began to speak she stood and started to wrap herself, expertly, creating a binding in minutes that held without a wrinkle until the show ended. Peggy made a connection between binding her breasts and wrapping her hands in boxing wraps; this was what one did before battle, to protect one's self (and it is the Self, absolutely, that binding protects for many butches). — S. Bear Bergman