Parameterised Quotes & Sayings

Memory, when duly impregnated with ascertained facts, is sometimes surprisingly fertile. — George Eliot

I think it's time we women stopped carrying supplies for the entire family. If children don't have room to carry their own toys, if men don't have pockets in their pants, tougho. — Erma Bombeck

To Sky, Clown had become something to be understood; something to be dissected and parameterised. Clown, he now recognised, was something like the bubble-drawing the dolphin had made in the water: a projection carved from light rather than sound. — Alastair Reynolds

Snarky Snarkerson! — Christopher Rice

He found what he'd hoped to see, the reason why she'd left so quickly. Just outsidee the tent, Lan held her tightly. — Robert Jordan

If you're a member of a despised group, look out! They'll find a drug and associate you with its use. There are a lot of people in the gay community using methamphetamine and paying taxes and going to work and doing well. — Carl Hart

Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized. — Criss Jami

I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly — Ulysses S. Grant

He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms. — Gordon B. Hinckley

There are no more white linen sofas in my house. We have a rule here: Anything below 36 inches has to be brown or black - the color of chocolate or peanut butter! — Candice Olson

It used to be said that this country was a child-centered one. Nothing could be further from the truth. Children have been our lowest priority, both in economic and emotional spending. — Gloria Steinem

Life is about, every single day, getting up to manifest your truth. — Cory Booker

Through the window a broken fingernail of moon was visible. — Graham Joyce

It's very beautiful over there. — Thomas A. Edison

Character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do. — George Eliot