Maxwellian Distribution Quotes & Sayings

His stories were not always new, but there was in the telling of them a special kind of magic. His voice could roll like thunder or hush down into a zepherlike whisper. He could imitate the voices of a dozen men at once; whistle so like a bird that the birds themselves would come to him to hear what he had to say; and when when he imitated the howl of a wolf, the sound could raise the hair on the backs of his listeners' necks and strike a chill into their hearts like the depths of a Drasnian winter. He could make the sound of rain and of wind and even, most miraculously, the sound of snow falling. — David Eddings

The world passed through Mecca, but did not stay long enough to interfere. Arabs were able to develop their own ideology and could interpret the knowledge and expertise of their more sophisticated neighbors as they chose. They were not pressured to convert to an alien religion or conform to official orthodoxy. The closed circle of both the trade cycle and the hajj rituals symbolized their proud self-sufficiency, which, as the years passed, would become a mark of their urban culture. — Karen Armstrong

My guitar wants to kill your mama. — Frank Zappa

Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being. — Georg Simmel

One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The ladder of success isn't a ladder. It's a series of steps with leaps interspersed along the way. — Seth Godin

We strive to form a single national front against the Judeo-Masonic lodges, against Moscow and the Marxist societies. — Francisco Franco

Money isn't money anymore. Time doesn't feel like time anymore. Your sense of community, it's evaporated, too, or it's turned into something you visit at 2 A.M. on a website. — Douglas Coupland

I am as conservative as anyone running in this [president's] race, but I am a conservative that can win. That's a big deal. — Marco Rubio

Where everyone knows your name, and a safe place to raise a family. — Terri Haynes Roach

There's nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade. Some things have to be exposed. — Terrence Howard