Oflynns Quotes & Sayings

All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain. — John Owen

I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way. — Isabelle Eberhardt

If the polymer chain assumes a helicoidal conformation in the crystalline state, and if it does not contain asymmetric carbon atoms, it can be expected that either helices of the same sense, or, in equal ratio, helices of opposite sense are represented in the lattice. — Giulio Natta

In every such society, there is a cherished world of myth and metaphor which co-exists with the workaday world. Efforts to reconcile the two are made, and any rough edges at the joints tend to be off-limits and ignored. We compartmentalize. Some scientists do this too, effortlessly stepping between the skeptical world of science and the credulous world of religious belief without skipping a beat. Of course, the greater the mismatch between these two worlds, the more difficult it is to be comfortable, with untroubled conscience, with both. — Carl Sagan

There's a perilous word fiction writers need to watch out for. The word is 'had.' — James Scott Bell

I don't believe that there's a silver bullet, that if you just do this one thing, you solve the problems of the world. — Darnell M. Hunt

'Macbeth' is an amazing story. — Andy Serkis

When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open. — Ahmed Ben Bella

Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected. — Ann Richards

We all have our muses. My grandmother and my mother are the people I write for. I'll never have to worry about who buys my work, or who likes it, and who doesn't. The people who I want to be proud of me already are. — Nikki Giovanni

There's no me if there's no me and you. — Joseph Arthur

Embarrassing ourselves in front of strangers is literally one of the worst things that can happen to us. It's in the slot where polio used to be. Awkwardness, rejection, missing out. We've conquered everything else and these constants of human life are all that remain to bedevil us. — Alexandra Petri

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like. — John Zorn

I'm not a flying fan. I can't bear it. — Tamsin Egerton