Penny Harvey Mcgill Quotes & Sayings

The anoretic operates under the astounding illusion that she can escape the flesh, and, by association, the realm of emotions. — Marya Hornbacher

Constantly to seek the purpose of life is one of the odd escapes of man. If he finds what he seeks it will not be worth that pebble on the path. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

I always write the pieces I want to write. — Harrison Birtwistle

I said I'm the president of Iraq ... I did not say deposed. — Saddam Hussein

People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor. — Nicola Sturgeon

You can not serve two masters..
but you can make both fight for you. — Toba Beta

Young men are crazy strange emotional beings. — Evan Glodell

Despite my tendency to keep eighty percent of myself to myself, I liked being surrounded by people. — Samantha Young

The conflict between science and religion has a single and simple cause. It is the designation as religiously canonical of any conception of the material world open to scientific investigation....As a matter of fact, most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts of the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man. The result has been constant turmoil for many centuries, and the turmoil will continue as long as religious canons prejudge scientific questions. — George Gaylord Simpson

If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground.
The Brothers Karamazov
Mitya (Dmitri) to Aloysha who visits him in prison, Book XI - Ivan, Chapter 4 - A Hymn and a Secret. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky