Lassig France Quotes & Sayings

But even they it was as though the time that the clock measured was not put to any use. For by far the majority of Europe's population, namely those living outside of the towns -- and, strictly speaking, also for those living in them -- the day began at dawn and ended with the onset of darkness, and work was regulated by the changing of the seasons.
What fascinated people about he measurement of time was not time itself, because that was dictated by other factors. What fascinated them was the clock. — Peter Hoeg

But the equipment to protect the players hasn't developed along with that, so now you have more players out with worse injuries, for longer periods of time. — Leigh Steinberg

I hardly broke any laws at all. I should drive more often. — Rachel Caine

American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot. — George Brett

From the 1980s onward, manufacturers of products advertised as uniquely healthy because they were low in fat or specifically in saturated fat (not to mention "gluten free, no MSG & 0g trans fat per serving") took to replacing those fat calories with sugar to make them equally, if not more, palatable, and often disguising the sugar under one or more of the fifty-plus names by which the fructose-glucose combination of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup might be found. Fat — Gary Taubes

I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin ... I appreciate the blessed fact of God's forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am. — Watchman Nee

There are pictures by Titian so steeped in golden splendors, that they look as if they would light up a dark room like a solar lamp. — George Stillman Hillard

'Saturday Night Live' was the joy of my life. — Tracy Morgan

There is a huge antipathy in England between the north and the south, the working class and the owning class. — Bill Vaughan

The Magician makes the visible, invisible.
The Scientist makes the invisible, visible.
The Artist stands in between, indivisible. — Natasha Tsakos

Love comes to man through his senses - to woman through her imagination. — Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way. — John Paul Jones

Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

I folded the restraining order into a paper airplane and sailed it over to Julie without even interrupting my narrative. She caught, unfolded, and read it while mouthing something that looked suspiciously like ducking mother truckers, but I'm not very good at lip reading. — Larry Correia