Macrill Quotes & Sayings

Consider carbon, for example. The lifetime of carbon in the combined atmosphere-ocean-biosphere, the time it takes on average before the typical carbon atom is transferred to the sediment, is less than 200,000 years. — Michael B McElroy

Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain't got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice. — William Faulkner

It is a modern tragedy that despair has so many spokesmen, and hope so few. — Oscar Hammerstein II

So for mackerel ("a well-known sea-fish, Scomber scombrus, much used for food") the second edition in 1989 listed nineteen alternative spellings. The unearthing of sources never ends, though, so the third edition revised entry in 2002 listed no fewer than thirty: maccarel, mackaral, mackarel, mackarell, mackerell, mackeril, mackreel, mackrel, mackrell, mackril, macquerel, macquerell, macrel, macrell, macrelle, macril, macrill, makarell, makcaral, makerel, makerell, makerelle, makral, makrall, makreill, makrel, makrell, makyrelle, maquerel, and maycril — James Gleick

There's nothing wrong with fear; the only mistake is to let it stop you in your tracks. — Twyla Tharp

I am speaking English, correct? I ask because sometimes I speak another language without meaning to. — Ashlan Thomas

He who abstains from anything animate ... will be much more careful not to injure those of his own species. For he who loves the genus will not hate any species of animals. — Porphyry

Me? I stand for uncertainty, insecurity, bad taste, fun, and things that go boom in the night. — Tom Robbins