Linguistico Wikipedia Quotes & Sayings

Our twenty-first century economy may focus on agriculture, not information. — James Howard Kunstler

Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid,
In every bosom where her nest is made,
Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest,
And proves a raging scorpion in his breast. — William Cowper

Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women because we don't all come in one package. We're not pre-destined to all be a size six. — Andie MacDowell

Dance like it hurts. Love like you need money. Work when people are watching.
Dogbert's Motto — Scott Adams

I've loved some gadgets that were not worthy, and I've loved gadgets that I would have loved more if I had waited for their developers to figure out how to really make them work, but I loved them anyway. — Susan Orlean

When I'm fishing, I feel guilty that I'm not writing, and when I'm writing, I feel guilty that I'm not fishing. But when push comes to shove, I'll always take the writing. — Raymond Carver

You sick, twisted monster, Sabrina seethed at Pinocchio. — Michael Buckley

You've got to give away what you love. — Charlie Trotter

Footsteps crease the grass behind us. — Markus Zusak

I seek refuge in Thee from every hope which would distract me. — Ibn Ata Allah

The most important thing is to be passionate and ready to accept the pains that sometimes go along with the business. — Christopher Lambert

The appearance of aged persons is too well known to make detailed description necessary. The skin of the face is dry and wrinkled and generally pale. The hairs on the head and the body are white. The back is bent, and the gait is slow and laborious, whilst the memory is weak. Such are the most familiar traits of old age. — Elie Metchnikoff

The "hairy quadruped furnished with a tail and, pointed ears, probably arboreal in his habits," this good fellow carried hidden in his nature, apparently, something destined to develop into a necessity for humane letters. — Matthew Arnold

How wonderful it would be, frankly, if everybody in the world would suddenly lose his sight or forget the existence of light. Immediately, there would be agreement about form. Everybody would accept the fact that a loaf of bread is a loaf of bread whether triangular or round. The girl a little while ago would have kept her eyes shut and listened to my voice. If she had, perhaps we could have become friendly and I could have taken her to the playground and we could have eaten ice cream together. Just because there was light, she heedlessly thought that a triangular loaf of bread was not bread but a triangle. This thing called light is itself transparent, but it apparently changes into something nontransparent. — Kobo Abe