Leo Fitz Quotes & Sayings

The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell together, as quickly as possible. — Mark Twain

Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not lived. — Sylvester Stallone

I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter. — P. J. O'Rourke

He was at that period of life when the mind of men who think is composed, in nearly equal parts, of depth and ingenuousness. A grave situation being given, he had all that is required to be stupid: one more turn of the key, and he might be sublime. — Victor Hugo

I want to touch people's hearts, to get right down to their souls. — Laura Branigan

He had walked on the beach and wished for icy winds to sweep away everything that sounded like mere linguistic habit, a malicious kind of habit that prevented thinking by producing the illusion that it had already taken place and found its conclusion in the hollow words. — Pascal Mercier

It is utterly implausible that a mathematical formula should make the future known to us, and those who think it can would once have believed in witchcraft. — Jacob Bernoulli

They say though that we do more to avoid pain than we do to gain pleasure. So it is when the pain becomes too much that we finally find the courage to make changes. — Bronnie Ware

Ganging up on a short-range interest isn't the same thing as killing it. — George Ainslie

Only fear can defeat life. — Yann Martel

Pikaia is a missing link because, of all chordates, it's probably the most primitive. — Simon Conway Morris

The military is sort of the ultimate test of proving that you're a man, and certainly that whole idea was very much uppermost in my mind when I joined the Army. — Peter P. Mahoney

A woman's heart should be so close to God that a man should have to chase Him to find her. — C.S. Lewis