Passager Literary Quotes & Sayings

What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns. — Emile Chartier

While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to all the people because civilization itself rests upon the soil. — Thomas Jefferson

I saw with open eyes, Singing birds sweet, Sold in the shops, For the people to eat, Sold in the shops of, Stupidity Street. — Ralph Hodgson

I'd love to go to school and have a normal life, but I don't see any professor at Yale being able to teach me more than Steven Spielberg. — Shia Labeouf

I'm not the one-take wonder that a lot people think I am. — Doug Stanhope

I'm telling you now. Without knowing for sure if you sent them, or why, I was left to my own discretion. If you want me to bother you with every little detail that comes up, just say so." He shrugged. "But I was under the impression that you wanted me to handle shit."
Murray's face reddened with bluster. "I do, damn it."
"They were shit," Trace explained. "They've been handled. — Lori Foster

If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments. — Albert Ellis

If you had been poor in your last life I would have asked you to be rich when you come again. But you were rich. If you had been a coward, I would have asked you to bring courage. But you were a fearless warrior. If you had died young, I would have asked you to get life. But you lived long. So I shall ask you to come again the way you came before. — Chinua Achebe

Here in the United States, we have between 250 and 300 years of a coal supply. That is more than the amount of recoverable oil contained in the entire world. — Tim Holden

10. Never allow your imagination to stop. It was the imagination of great people that brought us the internet, the pyramids, cars, airplanes, boats, great novels, beautiful painting, classical songs, great movies, water irrigation, solar panels, the statue of liberty, the wall of china and so forth. Never under estimate your imagination. — Tasha Hoggatt