Philippou Restaurant Quotes & Sayings

Gabriel opened his eyes and took a deep breath. Only a minor twinge of pain bothered him. Aimery's magic had healed him. Someone had laid him back down and covered him. Most likely Hugh. — Donna Grant

The fact that the biosphere responds unpredictably to our actions is not an argument for inaction. It is, however, a powerful argument for caution, and for adopting a tentative attitude toward all we believe, and all we do. Unfortunately, our species has demonstrated a striking lack of caution in the past. It is hard to imagine that we will behave differently in the future.
We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. We never seem to acknowledge that we have been wrong in the past, and so might be wrong in the future. Instead, each generation writes off earlier errors as the result of bad thinking by less able minds
and then confidently embarks on fresh errors of its own.
We are one of only three species on our planet that can claim to be self-aware, yet self-delusion may be a more significant characteristic of our kind. — Michael Crichton

Of all the races in Africa there cannot be one better to live among than the most difficult, the proudest, the bravest, the vainest, the most merciless, the friendliest, the somalis" Gerald Hanley Irish Writter and soldier in Brittish Army. — Gerald Hanley

Just because you're taught that something's right and everyone believes it's right, it don't make it right. — Mark Twain

Don't be proud-you don't have anything — Zarina Bibi

She was comfort and pain, wrapped up in one beautiful package ... that wasn't mine. — S.C. Stephens

Only mothers will ever know the true struggle and sacrifice it takes to create life. Authors come in at a close second. — R.P. Falconer

I'm a fan of NASCAR, in a certain kind of way. — Jim Brown

Is monstrous fuckpuddle,' Perun asserted, and everyone turned to stare at him with equal parts amusement and bemusement. 'What? Is this not English word?' I suggested that if it wasn't a word, it should be, and the others agreed. — Kevin Hearne

All those sounds of her failure and regret would be left behind, and in their place there would be silence. — Eowyn Ivey