Joeckel Law Quotes & Sayings

In what else, pray, does man differ from the other animals except in that he is used by words? — James Branch Cabell

I am persuaded our discontents, and murmurings with out unpleasing condition, and our covetous desires after more, are not so provoking to God, nor so destructive to the sinner, as our too sweet enjoying, and rest of spirit in a pleasing state ... Our rest is our heaven, and where we take our rest, there we make our heaven(457). — Richard Baxter

English doesn't borrow from other languages. english follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar. — James Nicoll

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all. — Richard Baxter

One universe, four forces, billions of galaxies. The precision and complexity of our world is enough to make even the famous cosmologist go just a little bit crazy. How does it all fit together? Is there a single, overarching design to the cosmos? And if we find it, will we glimpse the mind of God? — Morgan Freeman

Remember that the crazy people are not always to be found on the outside. Sometimes the crazy people are deeply embedded on the inside. Not even the most imaginative conspiracy theorist has ever thought to invent a scenario in which a crack team of Special Forces soldiers and major generals secretly try to walk through their walls and stare goats to death. — Jon Ronson

I don't believe in Hell, but I believe in my parents' couch. — George Watsky