Nuttall Quotes & Sayings

I believe your dream tells you to trust in your journey, even though you cannot see the destination. — Meghan Nuttall Sayres

If you want to be taken seriously and gain credibility, you really do have to try and write yourself. I don't want to do an album of covers and stuff. — Amy Nuttall

He knew from his own studies that if a child wasn't taught right and wrong from a very early age, the behaviour would never truly improve. — Christopher G. Nuttall

...the ravenous monsters men called reporters; sub-human vermin who feed off misery and created it wherever they went. — Christopher G. Nuttall

They're politicians," her father pointed out dryly. "A good grip on reality isn't part of the job description. — Christopher G. Nuttall

The more divorced from practical reality any given theory is, the greater its fascination for those who are also divorced from reality. — Christopher G. Nuttall

...most hot-blooded insurrectionists hold their role of 'opposition to a thoroughly secure establishment' as more important than the overthrow of the establishment. — Jeff Nuttall

Most people are idiots — Christopher G. Nuttall

When I was younger I used to want to own a sweet shop so I could eat sweets all day, but that dream died a long time ago. — Amy Nuttall

One of the most dangerous signs of decline is the sudden reluctance to tolerate different points of view in political debate. Questions and issues that were discussed freely are suddenly forbidden, limiting the realm of political science. The reluctance to question the fundamental basis of our culture and society is, in itself, crippling free enquiry and freedom of speech. — Christopher G. Nuttall

I think that sometimes our souls must tell us they are having a hard time trying to keep up with all of our worldly festivities and plans. Quiet moments, such as when we weave, or in times of sleep, are when we hear what our inner selves have to say. — Meghan Nuttall Sayres

Concentrate on the here and now. The future can take care of itself. — Christopher G. Nuttall

His more cynical side suspected that humans had never really needed an excuse to pick on other humans. — Christopher G. Nuttall

But if you grow up in a society which is rotten to the core, where you can cheerfully ignore the rules if you have power and status, where your superiors will screw you over if they happen to need a scapegoat . . . you wind up with very little respect for those rules. — Christopher G. Nuttall

The federal government hated it when people tried to move outside its sphere of control, no matter the reason. It was incapable of leaving people alone, even if they weren't causing trouble or doing anything more than keeping themselves to themselves. — Christopher G. Nuttall

War was a democracy, he knew. The enemy got a vote too. — Christopher G. Nuttall

No one pointed out to Ginzberg that the quick and only way to a peace beyond 'desire,anger,grasping,craving' is to cut your throat; that anyone who has no appetite for stress has no appetite for life on human terms... — Jeff Nuttall

who's the fairest of them all?" "Silly question," a voice said. Emily nearly jumped out of her skin. "Fairest is a subjective measure. One man's fairest woman might be another man's ugly cow. — Christopher G. Nuttall

Prior to the First Battle of Zion, it was commonly believed that aliens would be peaceful, rather than being just as violent as humanity. When the Zion Defense Force encountered alien starships emerging from a previously undiscovered Asimov Point in the Zion System, they allowed themselves to be suckered into a position that allowed the Snakes to obliterate the entire force with ease. — Christopher G. Nuttall

Greetings," he said. His tone admitted of no weakness whatsoever. "I am Drill Instructor (Slaughterhouse) Larry Southard. For my sins, I have been placed in charge of the latest intake of prospective marines. With — Christopher G. Nuttall

I definitely want to be a mum. Lots of my friends are having babies, but I don't know quite when to do it. My mum says, 'There's never a right time; you've just got to get on with it'. — Amy Nuttall

It is in the vision of the physical eyes
That no invisible or secret thing exists.
But when the eye is turned toward the Light of God
What thing could remain hidden under such Light? — Meghan Nuttall Sayres

Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfil obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect. -Robert A. Heinlein — Christopher G. Nuttall

there would always be incompetent assholes in the world ... and many of them would be in places of power. — Christopher G. Nuttall

My dad likes to take the mickey out of me for saying everything is 'amazing.' — Amy Nuttall

that even the best tracker couldn't find the caster — Christopher G. Nuttall

There was no reason to deny humans the benefits of human civilisation, no matter what warlords, kings, emperors and even elected politicians thought about it. A society so primitive that it used gold as a means of exchange and practised the slave trade, didn't deserve to exist. — Christopher G. Nuttall

As power and responsibility become ever more separated, those with power will act in an increasingly irresponsible fashion, perhaps even neglecting the very source of their power. Why should they not? Surely, they think, their power lies apart from any responsibility. — Christopher G. Nuttall

who can dare claim to believe in God when they slaughter civilians merely to gain a slight advantage? — Christopher G. Nuttall

...they're currently planning to ram something unpleasant up our buttocks, probably a dildo covered in chili. — Christopher G. Nuttall

Defending the United States was important and there were few higher honours, yet ... was it worth making such a commitment when one's political leaders were worse than the enemy? — Christopher G. Nuttall

Norman Morrison soaked himself in petrol and burned himself on the steps of the Pentagon in protest against the Vietnam war...Would it perhaps have taken greater courage to set fire to the President? A body of men who sleep soundly on a daily programme of sanctioned mass-murder are surely only distrubed by personal danger. — Jeff Nuttall

William glanced at the captain. The way she sat suggested she was tense - and that she disliked the princess on sight. William wasn't sure why, but he knew that women tended to pick up on subtle points men missed. Or maybe she just felt dowdy when compared to the princess. — Christopher G. Nuttall

I'm not a negative person, but every role I go for I don't think I'll get. — Amy Nuttall

I will never see my little boy again," she finished. "But I am proud of the man he became. — Christopher G. Nuttall

Romeo was meant to be the villain. — Christopher G. Nuttall

the questions a person asked often taught the hearer more about that person than they might realise. — Christopher G. Nuttall

Another story tells of Grogan, passing through New York, performed a public burning of dollar bills, and the dollar dropped six points on Wall Street. — Jeff Nuttall

She was so sick of hearing that excuse. Bullying was tolerated because bullying made its victims stronger, determined to fight back ... she loathed that logic. — Christopher G. Nuttall