Izydor Wilchfort Quotes & Sayings

Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, Losing both beauty and utility. — William Shakespeare

Suspicionless surveillance has no place in a democracy. The next 60 days are a historic opportunity to rein in the NSA, but the only one who can end the worst of its abuses is you. Call your representatives and tell them that the unconstitutional 'bulk collection' of Americans' private records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act must end. — Edward Snowden

The Government finally decided
To wage the war all-out. Defeat
is Un-American.
And they took to the air,
Their women beside them
in bouffant hairdos
putting nail-polish on the
gunship cannon-buttons.
And they never came down
for they found,
the ground
is Pro-Communist. And dirty.
And the insects side with the Viet Cong. — Gary Snyder

And that smile . . . Sweetheart, I want to be the only male on the receiving end of that beauty. — Melynda Price

Nothing, save the hangman's noose, concentrates the mind like piles of cash. — Tim Wu

She's got the passion for ideas, while I've got no extra passion for anything but her. — Pierce Brown

He skims over the sea weeping, the last winged man, salt water falling to salt water. And though he tries to flee his tears, the sea itself is all the tears of those who've ever wept. Even the sea, even the sundering sea will not set the sad poet apart, for the country of sorrows is the size of the heart. — Keith Miller

I suppose I had always been an unconscious suffragist. With my temperament and my surroundings, I could scarcely have been otherwise. — Emmeline Pankhurst

Building a business doesn't mean getting venture capital funding. It means finding customers and making money. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

The lawn of the campus quadrangle was covered now as if with a sea of rust, the dead leaves scuttling and heaving in the wind. He waded, ankle-deep, through their bulk. The leaves sometimes rose around him, as if something living were submerged beneath them, threatening to show its face before settling down again. — Anonymous

Make no mistake, you earn a white belt. The belt is a physical representation of a commitment to the beginner's mind. It is a vulnerability and a willingness to learn that shines through. — Chris Matakas

That's the way it goes sometimes: in order to help your friends, first you have to help your enemy. Better get used to it. — Sergei Lukyanenko