Loran Smith Quotes & Sayings

The situation was different in the jungle. Every inch of ground had to be earned, and was done so through much exertion with the blade. — Tahir Shah

The words 'I am...' are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you. — A.L. Kitselman

I always feel at home doing a little bit of action. — Isaiah Mustafa

Over the summit, I saw the so-called Mono desert lying dreamily silent in the thick, purple light
a desert of heavy sun-glare beheld from a desert of ice-burnished granite. — John Muir

What does it mean to call for a "democratic" solution if you don't have a conflict-resolution mechanism in mind?
I think it means that you have said the word "democracy," so the audience is supposed to cheer. It's not so much a propositional statement, as the equivalent of the "Applause" light that tells a studio audience when to clap. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

The illusions it had woven for me had taken place only in my head. The battle had been invisible to the naked eye, but the hardest ones are. — Karen Marie Moning

That's how it goes - as soon as there's anything interesting in Ancient Greece, some arsehole with a magic hat comes along to murder it. — Catherynne M Valente

Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence ... faith. — Serj Tankian

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton

Now, we all have stories of how we got here, and prob-probably some of you feel angry who whoever it is who's left you here. But you must try and remember that they were like that because that's how they were taught to be. You m-must try to forgive them. Baby cuckoos can't unlearn their bad habits. But we should try to, and because what you learn as a ch-child you will pass on to people around you, from now on this house is going to be a house of happiness. From this evening on every single one of us is going to consider other people's feelings. — Georgia Byng

I love you, Nathan Douglas Weller. — Julie Ann Walker

The rod of iron with which he rules her never appears in company
it is a private rod, and is always kept upstairs. — Wilkie Collins

Me love you long time — Papillon Soo Soo

I never thought I was very good at developing material. I grew up at the BBC where they sent you scripts. — Stephen Frears

Inches make a champion. — Vince Lombardi