Magnorth Quotes & Sayings

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press. — William Weld

The simple truth of things is that bad dreams are far better than bad wakings. — Stephen King

The suffix 'naut' comes from the Greek and Latin words for ships and sailing. Astronaut suggests 'a sailor in space.' Chimponaut suggests 'a chimpanzee in sailor pants'. — Mary Roach

I do love her, and that's odd because she is everything I detest in anyone else. — John Steinbeck

I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says; to be curious about that which is not my concern, while I am still in ignorance of my own self, would be ridiculous. And therefore I bid farewell to all this; the common opinion is enough for me. For, as I was saying, I want to know not about this, but about myself: am I a monster more complicated and swollen with passion than the serpent Typho, or a creature of a gentler and simpler sort, to whom Nature has given a diviner and lowlier destiny? — Socrates