Nedril Quotes & Sayings

with rare exceptions (chiefly the social insects), mammals and birds are the only organisms to devote substantial attention to the care of their young; an evolutionary development that, through the long period of plasticity which it permits, takes advantage of the large information-processing capability of the mammalian and primate brains. Love seems to be an invention of the mammals. — Carl Sagan

You want the world to be perfect, Nedril - and that's a noble goal. But the world isn't perfect. It's people like me who give the world the chance to try another day for virtue. — Jennifer McKeithen

Impossible things are really rough to do, you know. — Brandon Sanderson

People who are humble don't talk too much; they listen. — Frederick Lenz

The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say - himself. — Minor White

Sin must be within God's eternal decrees in some sense in which He is not the author of it ... We must conclude then that within the decrees of God, there are decrees of permission of those things of which God Himself is not the author — J. Oliver Buswell

My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across. — James Nesbitt

For a long time, I did not move from the dark, wood-panelled hall. I wanted company, and I had none, lights and warmth and a strong drink inside me, I needed reassurance. But, more than anything else, I needed an explanation. It is remarkable how powerful a force simple curiosity can be. I had never realized that before now. In spite of my intense fear and sense of shock, I was consumed with the desire to find out exactly who it was that I had seen, and how, I could not rest until I had settled the business, for all that, while out there, I had not dared to stay and make any investigations. — Susan Hill

I don't know what justice is," she said.
"That's because it isn't the sort of thing you discover. It's a thing you make." She looked at him, and he shrugged. "There are things you find out in the world. Rocks and streams and trees. And there are things you make. Like a house, or a song. It's not that houses and songs aren't real, but you don't just find them in a field someplace and haul them back home with you. They have to be worked at. Made. — Daniel Abraham

I say we have no time for debate. Indeed, we have no need for it, since the decision has been made for us. We must fight. There is no other path! — Kaoru Kurimoto

I probably have genius. But no talent. — Francis Ford Coppola

In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds. — Thor Heyerdahl

We live vicariously through stories, because our own lives provide so few opportunities for high-stakes adventure and noble sacrifice. — Sarah Cross