Linearly Independent Quotes & Sayings

Christianity is the only religion whose God bears the scars of evil. — Os Guinness

I'm kind of well-known in Holland, which is nice. But in Holland, we're down to earth; there are no paparazzi in my garden and no autograph hunters at the door. We have 'Strictly Come Dancing,' but I've not been asked. — Marianne Vos

the mad have a grace all their own — Kim Harrison

Words affect the mind in a pronounced way. Whether they are spoken or written, they are powerful influences. — Robin S. Sharma

When a child is born in a jail and during their life all they know is the jail they were born into, the idea of freedom becomes so terrifying that they ridicule the very thought of being free, as a clinical illness. It is nothing like the song that a caged bird sings. — Alejandro C. Estrada

From an evolutionary standpoint, human consciousness has not been around very long. A little light just went on after four and a half billion years. How often does that happen? Maybe it is quite rare. — Elon Musk

By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso. — Robert Quine

I definitely don't sit down every day and make a new song. — Zedd

Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains? — Jane Austen

He's of the colour of the nutmeg. And of the heat of the ginger ... he is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him; he is indeed a horse, and all other jades you may call beasts. — William Shakespeare

In mathematics our role is more that of servant than master. — Charles Hermite

Time doesn't heal all wounds. We both know that's bullshit; it comes from people who have nothing comforting or original to say. — Adam Silvera

Sometimes you need to stop , take a deep breath, and empty your head. — Haruki Murakami

Is growin' up always miserable?" Sonny asked. "Nobody seems to enjoy it much."
"Oh, it ain't necessarily misearble," Sam replied. "About eighty percent of the time, I guess."
They were silent again, Sam the Lion thinking of the lovely, spritely girl he had once led into the water, right there, where they were sitting.
"We ought to go to a real fishin' tank next year," Sam said finally. "It don't do to think about things like that too much. If she were here now I'd probably be crazy again in about five minutes. Ain't that ridiculous?"
A half-hour later, when they had gathered up the gear and were on the way to town, he answered his own question. "It ain't really, " he said. "Being crazy about a woman like her's always the right thing to do. Being a decrepit old bag of bones is what's ridiculous. — Larry McMurtry

We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of Europe just ahead of the Holocaust. — Gene Tierney