Jorrit Friesian Quotes & Sayings

The kings of the old time are dead;
The wandering earth herself may be
Only a sudden flaming word,
In clanging space a moment heard,
Troubling the endless reverie. — W.B.Yeats

If one day equaled the age of the universe, all of recorded history would be no more than ten seconds. — Jenny Offill

If a girl sees herself as a lady, she will expect her escort to behave like a gentleman. He will respect her if she respects herself. — James C. Dobson

Among adults there are few saved because of sins of the flesh. With the exception of those who die in childhood, most men will be damned. — Saint Remigius

I have always admired the Esquimaux (Eskimos). One fine day a delicious meal is cooked for dear old mother, and then she goes walking away over the ice, and doesn't come back. — Agatha Christie

Liberals want to burn the flag, but progressives just want to microwave it? — Stephen Colbert

But no one told me that when you're in the military, they own you. — Nelsan Ellis

I have been a Jack Albertson fan forever. — Keith Coogan

As she reached for the plates, she wondered if her life could get any weirder. Her life savings had been handed over to a band of South American guerrillas, she had a phony engagement to a famous football player, she was homeless and jobless, and she was making breakfast for Mad Jack Patriot. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips

There is no time to plan, there is no space to think. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only war. — Warhammer 40 000 Source Book

Caught Beauty , held to light, now apes A good, now evil, thing the shifting sign And spectrum of archaic, psychic shapes. — Philip Jose Farmer

I'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility. — Maynard James Keenan

Sacred space and sacred time and something joyous to do is all we need. Almost anything then becomes a continuous and increasing joy. What you have to do, you do with play. I think a good way to conceive of sacred space is as a playground. If what you're doing seems like play, you are in it. But you can't play with my toys, you have to have your own. Your life should have yielded some. Older people play with life experiences and realizations or with thoughts they like to entertain. In my case, I have books I like to read that don't lead anywhere. — Joseph Campbell

But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist, scared of infection, penetration, miscegenation, when this is small fry, peanuts, compared to what the immigrant fears - dissolution, disappearance. — Zadie Smith

Like, what's wrong with being like other girls? — Robin Benway