Panglossian Pronunciation Quotes & Sayings

Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients
Youngbloods can't spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation. — Mos Def

All the same, we ought to point out that if the kinds of poetry and representation which are designed merely to give pleasure can come up with a rational argument for their inclusion in a well-governed community, we'd be delighted
short of compromising the truth as we see it, which wouldn't be right
to bring them back from exile: after all, we know from our own experience all about their spell. I mean haven't you ever fallen under the spell of poetry, Glaucon, especially when the spectacle is provided by Homer? — Plato

What people want is big government that they don't have to pay for. — Timothy Noah

There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit. — Eric Greitens

The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles. — Jackson Katz

We saw Time's varied traces Were deep on every hand - Indeed, upon the people, More marked than on the land. The bands that once with firmness Could grasp the axe and blade, Now move with trembling motion, By strength of nerve decayed. The change in form and feature And furrows on the cheek Of Time's increasing volume, In plain, round numbers speak. And thus, as in a mirror's Reflection, we were told, With stereotyped impressions, The fact of growing old. — Eliza R. Snow

The problem with unfilled dreams is that they give us tunnel vision. We focus on ourselves, and that can be depressing and discouraging place to look. — Donna VanLiere

If at the end of the season I'm leaving the club, you have the right to come to me and say: 'Jose, you are a liar' — Jose Mourinho

This sick strange darkness comes creeping on so haunting everytime
And as I stared I counted the webs from all the spiders
catching things and eating their insides
Like indecision to call you
And hear your voice of treason
Will you come home and stop this pain tonight
stop this pain tonight — Blink-182

For too many, to work means having less income. — Kim Campbell

For the present when backed by the past is a thousand times deeper than the present when it presses so close that you can feel nothing else — Olivia Laing

All those who teach are hated. — Gene Wolfe

Dammit, why isn't there a book with the answers in it? — Cherise Sinclair