Kontrafouris Quotes & Sayings

If the item of stolen property had been anything other than a book, it would have been confiscated. But a book is different - it is not just a material possession but the pathway to an enlightened mind, and thence to a well-ordered society, — Neal Stephenson

What could make the Napoleonic Wars more exciting? Dragons. — Naomi Novik

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature. — Julia Ward Howe

Then you are a poet?' she asked, fingering the flyer in her pocket.
'No not at all,' he waved his hand. 'I am merely a character in a poem. — Karen Tei Yamashita

David Harper was Hollywood handsome but he had a Conan the Barbarian temper to go with his looks. — Dorothea Benton Frank

I had mice that I kept as pets when I was very young, and I've always liked the way they look. Even rats. I'm not scared of them. — Catherine Deneuve

The horn of dilemma of energy politics is what really drives concern about this energy in this country, at the gut level for most people, is high gas prices. And if you really want to fight global warming and try to reduce our carbon emissions, the cleanest, easiest, most rational way to do it would to make the price of gas even higher through very stiff gas prices. — Rich Lowry

The genuine coherence of our ideas does not come from the reasoning that ties them together, but from the spiritual impulse that gives rise to them. — Nicolas Gomez Davila

When Barack Obama is right, then I'll support him. When he is wrong, I'll fight him. — Paul Broun

Weber also saw that a bureaucratic world contained risks. It produced increasingly powerful and autonomous bureaucrats who could be spiritless, driven only by impersonal rules and procedures, and with little regard for the people they were expected to serve. Weber famously warned that those who allow themselves to be guided by rules will soon find that those rules have defined their identities and commitments. — Michael Barnett

Magic is difficult to describe, to understand and to come to terms with and many people don't want to feel different or unusual. — Mhairi Simon

The others can't see me," said the little ghost.
"I know," I said. "My name's Gwyneth. What's yours?"
"Dr. White to you," said Dr. White.
"I'm Robert," said the ghost.
"That's a very nice name," I said.
"Thank you," said Dr. White. "I'll return the compliment by saying you have very nice veins. — Kerstin Gier

You want to be dominated. — Maya Banks

I would rather do a good hours work weeding than write two pages of my best; nothing is so interesting as weeding. I went crazy over the outdoor work, and at last had to confine myself to the house, or literature must have gone by the board. — Robert Louis Stevenson

They placed their lives on hold for a group of strangers and asked for nothing in return. They affirmed the basic goodness of man at a time when it was easy to doubt such humanity still existed. If the terrorists had hoped their attacks would reveal the weaknesses in western society, the events in Gander proved its strength. — Jim DeFede