Quotes & Sayings About Maurice In Lord Of The Flies

Nobody listens to mathematicians. — Carl Sagan

You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams. — Herb Brooks

A self-made man, if he is made at all, has already won the battle of life ... he has learned to resist. He has learned the value of money, and how to refuse to spend it. He has learned the value of time, and how the conversion of it into useful things will make of his life something worthwhile. He has learned to say no, to say no at the right time and then to stand by it. Without resistance, and the self-denial which it often imposes, there is no real happiness. In the quest for happiness man must learn that temptation resisted strengthens the mind and the soul. — Alvin R. Dyer

Enjoying fiction requires a shift in selfhood. You give up your own identity and try on the identities of other people, adopting their perspectives so as to share their experiences. This allows us to enjoy fictional events that would shock and sadden us in real life. — Paul Bloom

Of all those books you've read? There's got to be something, somewhere in them, to help us laugh at a situation like this. — Carol Plum-Ucci

Man I'm high off life. Fuck it, I'm WASTED — Jay-Z

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance. — Jack Dempsey

Why is it our business whether Sarah Palin returned to her job as governor three days after her son was born, or three months? Is there a right answer? — Susan Estrich