Maiolo Investigations Quotes & Sayings

Now, what am I here for, again?' There's genuine humility, and courage, in that question. — Darrell Calkins

I met my wife in South Dakota. — George McGovern

Thou art an eagle, thou doest belong to the sky and not to the earth, stretch forth thy wings and fly. — Paul H. Dunn

What is the best time to do each thing? Who are the most important people to work with? What is the most important thing to do at all times?..
..there is only one important time and is Now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person with whom you are, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in future. The most important pursuit is making that person, the one standing at your side, happy, for that alone is the pursuit of life. — Leo Tolstoy

It is perhaps an ugly comment on the American press, but the function of the interviewer on most newspapers is to entertain, not to shed light. . . . An interviewer soon begins to judge public figures on the basis of their entertainment value, overlooking their true importance. It is not easy to get an interview with Professor Franz Boas, the greatest anthropologist in the world, across a city desk, but a mild interview with Oom the Omnipotent will hit the bottom of page one under a two-column head. . . . It is safe to write accurately only about the nuts and bums. When a public figure does something ridiculous reporters may then write about him accurately. — Joseph Mitchell

Atheism is not a disease, Your Majesty," Jasnah said dryly. "It's not as if I've caught a foot rash. — Brandon Sanderson

Because in the midst of happiness there is always a seed of unhappiness; it consumes itself like fire
it can't burn forever, sooner or later it must die; and this presentiment of the end destroys my happiness when it is at is height. — August Strindberg

A wise person is able to save a city;
a fool is able to destroy a nation. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Archaic humans paid for their large brains in two ways. Firstly, they spent more time in search of food. Secondly, their muscles atrophied. Like a government diverting money from defence to education, humans diverted energy from biceps to neurons. It's hardly a foregone conclusion that this is a good strategy for survival on the savannah. A chimpanzee can't win an argument with a Homo sapiens, but the ape can rip the man apart like a rag doll. — Yuval Noah Harari

it was a delusive pie, the crust being like a disappointing head, phrenologically speaking: full of lumps and bumps, with nothing particular underneath. — Charles Dickens

Christians are commanded to pray in the name of Jesus. It is not a practice reserved just for personal prayers, or prayers rendered in church. — Monica Johnson

The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.' — Ed Speleers

Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals. — Peter R. Grant

However, if humans don't band together and start making noise about Ebola, half of the planet will be dead 2 years from now. Half of everyone currently living on Earth will no longer exist. — Steve King

Like it says in the Bible, being a friend means never having to witness farting belly buttons. Or something. — Jenny Lawson