Matusong2014 Quotes & Sayings

Over time events trickle out of the minds of forgetful, thoughtless people, and so, since they retain and conserve nothing, the empty space within them, that should be filled with good things, is filled instead with hopes, so that they neglect the present and look to the future, despite the fact that fortune may yet foil the future, whereas the present cannot be taken away. — Plutarch

He [Will Rogers] was America's most complete human document. One-third humor. One-third humanitarian. One-third heart. — Damon Runyon

Herewith I offer you the Omnipotent Finger of God in the anatomy of a louse: wherein you will find miracles heaped on miracles and will see the wisdom of God clearly manifested in a minute point. — Jan Swammerdam

One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded. — Paul Klee

For luck you carried a horse chestnut and a rabbit's foot in your right pocket. The fur had been worn off the rabbit's foot long ago and the bones and the sinews were polished by the wear. The claws scratched in the lining of your pocket and you knew your luck was still there. — Ernest Hemingway,

When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion. — Carl Sagan

Too much freedom given to those who didn't know how to wield it resulted in imprisonment for those who did. — Sarah Brownlee

I had never fought in the Vietnam War and had dinner in Paris on the same day. I had no context to understand the casualties or the romance a parent feels on the same day. — Jim Gaffigan

If someone says you're a reporter and doesn't want you to anchor then you wonder why you worked so hard at it. — Gayle Gardner

My students frequently ask what their next project should be. My advice: immerse yourself in the music you love and you will find what you want to do; you will discover your next project. — Lukas Foss

There's very little authentic study of the humanities remaining. My research assistant came to me two years ago saying she'd been in a seminar in which the teacher spent two hours saying that Walt Whitman was a racist. This isn't even good nonsense. It's insufferable. — Harold Bloom

When did you get so smart?"
He tapped his forehead. "Brain transplant. They put in a whale's. I'm passing all my classes with my eyes closed now, but I just can't get over this craving for krill." He shrugged. "And I feel sorry for the whale that got my brain. Probably swimming around Florida now trying to catch glimpses of girls in bikinis. — Maggie Stiefvater

Casual sex. Nothing more. Nothing Less. That line wasn't there for decoration, and it was in bold print for a reason. — Whitney Gracia Williams

When others see you at peace, they're reminded of the value of tranquility - that is, you inspire them to be at peace. — Doreen Virtue

This race is never grateful: from the first, One fills their cup at supper with pure wine, Which back they give at cross-time on a sponge, In bitter vinegar. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning