Microcosms Experiments Quotes & Sayings

Therefore a wise prince, marching the whole day, does not go far from his baggage waggons. — Lao-Tzu

From 'The Sandman' and 'Black Orchid' to 'Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?,' Neil Gaiman has provided some of the most memorable stories of the comic book industry. — Jim Lee

One poll shows that by 61 percent to 29 percent Americans under 40 say that Social Security needs to be fixed. — Virginia Foxx

Well, set the monster free ... he's begun his hymn, because he finds it all so easy ... but I'd give a quadrillion quadrillion for two seconds of joy. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It is the Bohemian fad to expatriate himself, to seek strange and bizarre environments. As soon as a place begins to attract civilization he flees it for some new hiding place. When he chooses a Chinese dinner he must have a restaurant where no white man has ever before trod, if he can find one. . . . As soon as others begin to frequent it also, again he flies.27 — Andrew Coe

The top 10% of the people who are most creative, constructive and thoughtful, do not have much to do with churches. To them the canons of reason come first, making faith secondary and questionable. — Joseph Fletcher

I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing. — Dan Castellaneta

My father is a college professor and that's about the extent of my college experience. I'm sort of a professional student forever. I think just as human beings we always have a student who is alive in us and is waiting to pop up and make us feel like we are 16 years-old again. — Gabriel Mann

Gundar's smile broadened at the memory of that evening as he recalled how his rough-and-tumble sailors had stayed on their best manners, humbly asking their table companions to pass the meat, please, or requesting just a little more ale in their drinking mugs. These were men who were accustomed to cursing heartily, tearing legs off roast boar wih their bare hands and occasionally swilling ale traight from the keg. Their attempts at mingling with polite society would have made the basis of some great stories back in Skandia. — John Flanagan

Savers like spenders, worriers like avoiders and planners marry dreamers. — Olivia Mellan

Telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can't be far behind. — Charlton Heston

Many teachers, especially those in more affluent communities, believe they are treated no better than a customer-service representative at a store. — Rachel Simmons

Be winds of kindness and be kind to all. — Debasish Mridha

I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then. — Anita Shreve