Macfarlane Packaging Quotes & Sayings

Exactly as we might ask God, and do ask God, to change our fate. The difference is that in the story the writer actually replies and in the end even changes his mind. — Daniel Kehlmann

In the silence that followed, violent anger hit Blay from out of
nowhere.
Now his hands shook for a different reason.
"So," Saxton said hoarsely. "How was your night?"
"What the hell happened down there?"
Saxton loosened his tie. Unbuttoned his collar. Took yet another
deep breath. "Family tiff, as it were."
"Bullsh*t."
Saxton shifted exhausted eyes over. "Must we do this?"
"What happened - "
"I think you and Qhuinn need to talk. And once you do, I won't have to worry about being jumped like a felon again."
Blay frowned. "He and I have nothing to say to each other - "
"With all due respect, the ligature marks around my neck would
suggest otherwise."
-Lover at Last, pg. 188 of the galleys — J.R. Ward

We turn to Marx, therefore, not because he is infallible, but because he is inescapable. — Robert Heilbroner

He imagines the plane exploding as it touches down, ignited by one of its glints, in a ball of red flame shadowed in black like you see on TV all the time, and he is shocked to find within himself, imagining this, not much emotion, just a cold thrill at being a witness, a kind of bleak wonder at the fury of chemicals, and relief that he hadn't been on the plane himself but was instead safe on this side of the glass, with his faint pronged sense of doom. — John Updike

If someone harmed or tortured or killed one of my children I'd feel everything almost anyone else would feel. I'd probably have intense feelings of revenge. But these feelings would fade. In the end they're small and self-concerned. Only the grief would last. — Galen Strawson

If I'm anywhere close to where I can hike or swim, that's my favourite thing to do. — Lily Cole

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate. — Vincent D'Onofrio

Sitting out on your own life is the best way to make sure the rest of it's disappointing. — Edward W. Robertson

War's all either country knows, and everything seems to depend on it now. — Samuel Snoek-Brown

True science is never speculative; it employs hypotheses as suggesting points for inquiry, but it never adopts the hypotheses as though they were demonstrated propositions. — Cleveland Abbe

Lawyers earn a living by the sweat of browbeating others. — James Huneker

Vegas.
I was in Vegas with a Titan who needed to get drunk and laid. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

What's truly important
and what I find myself forgetting and having to relearn
is that right here, right now, I am free. Free to be myself and to express myself. — Kat Von D.