Jim Atchison Quotes & Sayings

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face. — Sydney J. Harris

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Of course, Storm-Lord! But why would a god marry a poor farm girl?" asked one of the bound novices, his voice thin and chirping as an insect.
"All things must eventually mate," I shrugged, "having been cast into a man's flesh I must do as flesh does. And it hardly matters whether one mates with a woman or a rock or a river - the end result is the same. Once all the world wed stones and trees - but this is a degenerate age, and no one keeps to tradition. — Catherynne M Valente

The highest happiness is the feeling of wellbeing which comes to one who is actively employed in doing what he was made to do; carrying out the great life-purpose patterned in his individual bent. — Orison Swett Marden

The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was the best thing for me, in terms of being a storyteller by nature, to have spent years being an editor because I learned so much from it. — Terri Windling

He stepped forward, and as he did the left side of his coconut brassiere slipped down, revealing his left nipple. He shoved the coconut back into place. He didn't want to look unprofessional. — Dave Barry

It was wonderful, of course
ham with mustard is a meal of glory. — Dodie Smith

Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial. — Edward Coke

Humans could be termed as biomasses when they don't fully put into use their human qualifications. — Sunday Adelaja