Maritimes Quotes & Sayings

All your sea-omens are of disaster; and of course, with man in his present unhappy state, huddled together in numbers far too great and spending all his surplus time and treasure beating out his brother's brains, any gloomy foreboding is likely to be fulfilled; but your corpse, your parson, your St Elmo's fire is not the cause of the tragedy. — Patrick O'Brian

Silence and solitude are universally recognized spiritual practices, and there are good reasons for this. Learning how to discipline your speech is a way of preventing your energies from spilling out of you through the rupture of your mouth, exhausting you and filling the world with words, words, words instead of serenity, peace and bliss. — Elizabeth Gilbert

I'm the product of 6 million years of evolution? Come on, man. I crawled out of a swamp yesterday. — Peter Steele

What does it matter if you are flashing them your underwear, as long as you kick the hell out of them?"
"What have I heard about flashing underwear? Whatever it is, I'm in. — Veronica Roth

When I was fourteen years old, our family drove all the way from Vancouver to Newfoundland and back. I've been all across the great land of Canada. I absolutely love the Maritimes, and I'm very excited to go back, particularly in the fall when it's one of the most beautiful places on Earth. — Aaron Douglas

If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We seem to be in a place now where filmmakers make films based on other films because that's where the stimuli and influence comes from. — Neill Blomkamp

Thus, Moltke believed that the higher the commander's position, the less prescriptive his orders should be to his subordinates. He argued that a large numbers of orders, or verbose orders, could confuse leaders on the commander's true intent. This problem could compound itself through every echelon of command making it difficult for a division, or even a brigade commander, to decipher the reason for the mission.[22] — Major Michael J. Gunther

I saw a startling sight today, a politician with his hands in his own pockets. — Mark Twain

Grief is a process, not a state. — Anne Grant

Too bad the guards are looking for irony. It's everywhere in here. — Mark Olmsted

Acknowledging our ignorance can give us the strength to conquer and extend our limit. — Jan Jansen

There. Politics is a bartering game. — J.D. Robb

Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. Our government does not copy our neighbors', but is an example to them. It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few. But while there exists equal justice to all and alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognized; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit — Pericles

The moment when one thing turns into another is the most beautiful moment. A combination of sounds turns into music. And that applies to everything. — Vik Muniz

Unless people can express themselves well in ordinary English, they don't know what they are talking about. — Russell L. Ackoff

Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it's doing in the Maritimes. — Tommy Douglas

Perhaps I was hosting my own personal sexual revolution. You know the kind that will not be televised. — Sabrina Childress