Outsmarted Board Quotes & Sayings

We think of 1789 as the date of the French Revolution, and the storming of the Bastille as its defining event. Yet as late as halfway through 1792, most of the familiar images of the revolution had yet to occur. Louis XVI was still king, and the Assembly was negotiating a new constitutional arrangement for the monarchy, not so different from Britain's Glorious Revolution of 1688. — Mike Jay

Every man or woman who makes a stand helps keep the flame of freedom burning. — Juliet Marillier

If our children are unable to voice what they mean, no one will know how they feel. If they can't imagine a different world, they are stumbling through a darkness made all the more sinister by its lack of reference points. For a young person growing up in America's alienated neighborhoods, there can be no greater empowerment than to dare to speak from the heart - and then to discover that one is not alone in ones feelings. — Rita Dove

First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill. — James Cromwell

But is it an honest living?" Alec persisted, clinging to his last shred of resolve.
"Most of those who employ me are great lords or nobles."
"It sounds like a pretty dangerous line of work," Alec remarked, aware that once again Seregil had side-stepped the question.
"That's the spice of it, though," cried Seregil. "And you can end up rich!"
"Or on the end of a rope?"
Seregil chuckled. "Have it your way. — Lynn Flewelling

I created lots of characters in high school and college, and the first character I created in pro comics was Liana, Green Lantern of M'Elu, for a backup story in 'Green Lantern #162,' my first professional sale. — Kurt Busiek

The more brutal it gets in the working world, the more appealing the prospect of having someone at home creating a sanctuary becomes. Increasingly couples, particularly with children, are making that tough choice, with one or other partner electing to embrace domestic duties while the other brings home the cash. — Mariella Frostrup

There was a certain beauty in the chaos, a certain order in the mess. — Sarah Fine

Friendship is evanescent in every man's experience, and remembered like heat lightning in past summers. — Henry David Thoreau

The only power desirable is the grace to pray. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You have to understand that we've had more than 40 years now of massively financed propaganda called the 'War on Drugs'. — Graham Hancock

I never work with an audience - I can't do this. The process depends on the highest degree of nervous concentration. — Frank Auerbach

Like a one eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store. — Big Joe Turner

Have high hopes for the future; take action and it will be a reality. — Debasish Mridha

It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is. And the best way is with gratitude while trying to improve it for the good of others and themselves. — Wilhelm Von Humboldt