Melmoth Airplane Quotes & Sayings

Ever since I was in Amherst College I have remembered how Garman told his class in philosophy that if they would go along with events and have the courage and industry to hold to the main stream, without being washed ashore by the immaterial cross currents, they would someday be men of power. He meant that we should try to guide ourselves by general principles and not get lost in particulars. That may sound like mysticism, but it is only the mysticism that envelopes every great truth. One of the greatest mysteries in the world is the success that lies in conscientious work. — Calvin Coolidge

And they would all smile at the beauty of destruction. — Markus Zusak

Climate change is a consequence of the build up of greenhouse gases over the past 200 years in the atmosphere, and virtually all these emissions came from the rich countries. — Gordon Brown

But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the individual, but of changes brought about by the successive efforts of millions of individuals in the course of many generations. — Lafcadio Hearn

...you look the truth in the face - not the truth that has fangs and fur but the hard truth about yourself, that you're just as dangerous as the beings the rest of the people fear but you can't afford to be as honest about it. You can't tell those people that you'll make deals with what they fear in order to keep them sage from the monsters who look just like them. — Anne Bishop

New rule," he said. "No more rules."
She smiled. "And if I agree to this 'no more rules,' what's in it for me?"
"Me."
She felt the smile burst bloom across her face. "Well, if that's not the best offer I've ever had. — Jill Shalvis

When I think about it, if I had to choose, I'd rather be happy than write. — Jean Rhys

Geochemistry gives rise seamlessly to biochemistry. — Nick Lane

And as an afterthought, this too must be told: Some people have taken pure bullshit and turned it into gold. — Neil Young

Maybe it was too much of a coincidence to be a purely coincidence. — Lisa Jewell

Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system. — Bruce Lee

You won't find better people than in New York. — Harper Lee

A drunk man, staggering and mindless, must be led home by his son, so wet is his psyche ... Water brings death to the psyche, as earth brings death to water ... The psyche lusts to be wet. — Heraclitus