Margolotte Quotes & Sayings

For my friend said that he opened his intellect as the sun opens the fans of a palm tree, opening for opening's sake, opening infinitely for ever. But I said that I opened my intellect as I opened my mouth, in order to shut it again on something solid. I was doing it at the moment. And as I truly pointed out, it would look uncommonly silly if I went on opening my mouth infinitely, for ever and ever. — G.K. Chesterton

The forces of adversaries are more diminished by the loss of those who flee than of those who are killed. — Niccolo Machiavelli

What makes the voice pathetic is that it doesn't know what kind of people it's reaching. Us. No one hears it, except us. This Age wanted heroes. It got us instead: carefully constructed, but immobile. Subtle but, unfit to take up the burden of the times. It happens. A whole generation of washouts. History says stand up, and we totter and collapse, weeping, moved, but not sufficient. — Tony Kushner

When the State withers, humanity flowers. — Anthony Burgess

But if the gospel teaches us anything, it's that disaster is where grace happens. — Jason Stellman

Let us be moved, you and I, by the things themselves. Let us discover each other. — R. Scott Bakker

There comes a time when we aren't allowed not to know. — Judith Viorst

Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us. — Serge Lang

A Glass Cat!" exclaimed Ojo, astonished. "Yes; she makes a very pleasant companion, but admires herself a little more than is considered modest, and she positively refuses to catch mice," explained Margolotte. "My husband made the cat some pink brains, but they proved to be too high-bred and particular for a cat, so she thinks it is undignified in her to catch mice. Also she has a pretty blood-red heart, but it is made of stone - a ruby, I think - and so is rather hard and unfeeling. — L. Frank Baum

If we dump all the machinery and take the knowledge we have in the ocean within six months humanity will die. If we dump all the politician all around the world in the ocean everything will go along very nicely. — R. Buckminster Fuller