Phipps Quotes & Sayings

This year, 1996, has been designated the 'Year of the Vaccine,' commemorating the 200th anniversary of Edward Jenner's vaccination of James Phipps with cowpox virus and subsequent challenge with smallpox virus. Insight into the nature of viruses, and how viruses interact with mammalian cells, has evolved since the turn of the century. — Peter C. Doherty

I'm strictly a 'look at the menu but don't order anything' guy when it comes to attractive women who aren't my wife. — C.T. Phipps

If you can't be with the side you want, work to fix the side you're with. — C.T. Phipps

Evil is evil. Big. Small. Grand. Petty. Well-justified or just because. There's no lesser or greater of it. Choosing between them does not make your soul any less blackened. — C.T. Phipps

On May 14th, 1796, Jenner scratched the arm of a boy named James Phipps, introducing into his skin a droplet of cowpox pus that he had scraped from a blister on the hand of Sarah Nelmes, a dairy worker. He called this pus "the Vaccine Virus" - the word vaccine is derived from the Latin word for cow. The boy developed a single pustule on his arm, and it healed rapidly. A few months later, Jenner scratched the boy's arm with lethal infective pus that he had taken from a smallpox patient - today, this is called a challenge trial. The boy did not come down with smallpox. Edward Jenner had discovered and named vaccination - the practice of infecting a person with a mild or harmless virus in order to strengthen his or her immunity to a similar disease-causing virus. "It now becomes too manifest to admit of controversy, that the annihilation of the Small Pox, the most dreadful scourge of the human species, must be the final result of this practice," Jenner wrote in 1801. — Richard Preston

A spouse was the absolute best thing a supervillain could have. It was the superheroes who struck me as the perpetual bachelors. I mean, come on, the whole 'it's not you, it's my enemies' thing is so they can stay single and get sex from the people they rescue. I have it on good authority the Silver Lightning uses it all the time to pick up guys. Admittedly, the good authority was my brother's old gang but if you couldn't trust them then who could you trust? — C.T. Phipps

Somehow, I think God will forgive her. If not, eh, Hell has better parties anyway. — C.T. Phipps

The situation has gone so far past the point of insanity it's come around and become mundane again. — C.T. Phipps

Mr Phipps seemed to think criminality was passed down through the generations like a stutter, or a squint, or in my case red hair. — Susan Fletcher

Prison... it changes you. I'm not the same man I was before going on the inside. I can't go back. I won't." "You were in prison less than twenty-minutes. — C.T. Phipps

Don't matter if you believe in them or not. If they're there, they're there,' Mrs. Phipps said. — Joan Lowery Nixon

I suppose he could be the mole," Shannon said. "What with his being completely insane and all. — C.T. Phipps

I've got my knife, sir." "When did you start carrying that dirk?" "The minute I saw that there might be folks I need to stick with it. — Carol Marrs Phipps

Son, if the mountain were smooth, you couldn't climb it. — Wintley Phipps

I don't have enough scruples to start violating the few I do. — C.T. Phipps

Vampires actually slurp rather than suck," I said, correcting a long-held misconception. "The heart does most of the pumping, so you really just open your mouth and let it go into your throat. The trick is to swallow it in gulps or you lose all the flavor." Melissa — C.T. Phipps

To be a supervillain is to be free to do anything you want when you want it because you say so. — C.T. Phipps

Comas, unconsciousness, and even sleep are about halfway there. Halfway will get you a chance to wade in the Stygian darkness that is the Great Beyond. — C.T. Phipps

I really like suspense in movies. I don't really like rom-coms. But that being said, as an audience member I really like horror films and actress I really like working with fake blood; I think it's so fun. — Grace Phipps

You don't have to compromise to be recognized. — Wintley Phipps

What IS it about this town? I never thought I'd long for the good old days of Nazi robots and dragons. — C.T. Phipps

When I was probably in middle school I saw the mini series Angels in America for the first time and I think Mary Louise Parker's performance in that first of all sparked a deep obsession with Mary Louise Parker, but I also really love Amy Adams because she gets to do comedy and drama so consistently. — Grace Phipps

Cloak, does God hate me?" I said. "It depends which god you mean. I've met several." "The Jewish One." "Yes. — C.T. Phipps

An open source community arises from the synchronization of the individual interests of many parties. — Simon Phipps

What are you doing?" "Sorry, I'm talking to my other personality." "Ah. Carry — C.T. Phipps

If you argue for your limitations you get to keep them. But if you argue for your possibilities you get to create them! — Kelly Lee Phipps

In space?" I choked out. "We're all in space," Ultragod replied, a broad smile on his face. "Humans travel on Starship Earth." "Why thank you, Super Hippie. I can't breathe in space, you know! — C.T. Phipps

Hey, killing people doesn't count if they're bad! Hollywood taught us that. — C.T. Phipps

Before Elfrida Phipps left London for good and moved to the country, she made a trip to Battersea Dogs' Home, and returned with a canine companion. It took a good, and heart-rending, half hour of searching, but as soon as she saw him, sitting very close to the bars of his kennel and gazing up at her with dark and melting eyes, she knew he was the one. She did not want a large animal, nor did she relish the idea of a yapping lap dog. This one was exactly the right size. Dog size. — Rosamunde Pilcher

Words cannot express how pissed off I am. I am going to have to invent a new word to explain how angry I am. Karflagled. I am so karflagled off at you right now!" "See, — C.T. Phipps

Well, he's like a wizard, right?" Mercury asked. "He's exactly like a wizard," Jessica said, looking over at her. "Mostly because he casts spells and shit." "I — C.T. Phipps

You said that it was because almost held failed potential. That it represented our ability to be just not good enough, that we had come to the brink of something beautiful but fell short so many times we crafted a word for it. — Bianca Phipps

For the most part, if you have an isolated place, it's sort of nice to have a communal vibe. — Grace Phipps

I would love to play a 1940's style fast-talking reporter lady. That's probably the dream. — Grace Phipps

I actually I don't feel a lot of hate on Twitter very often. — Grace Phipps

You will live to fail me many more times, I hope. — C.T. Phipps

It's always Ragnarok. Regular mortals have the power to blow the world sky-high and all the major supernatural factions can do the same. The thing is, though, as long as people want to live then you're going to have people stepping in the way of those who want to do something to blow us up. That's the only way you can endure it. — C.T. Phipps

But even we, with our supposed mastery of the English language, were not immune to the shortcoming of our vocabularies.
Words can only help you if you speak them. — Bianca Phipps

It is in the quiet crucible of your personal, private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God's greatest gifts are given. — Wintley Phipps

Cloak, how many laws of physics did we just break?" I asked, stunned by what had just happened. "You can't break the laws of physics. Whenever you seem to violate one, it only means your understanding of them is incomplete. To answer your question, though, three hundred and forty-seven." "I thought so." I was amazed at the power — C.T. Phipps

As the Dark Lord spoke when he saw the Archangel Michael descending upon him: We are in some serious shit. — C.T. Phipps

Supervillainy seemed like the sort of thing you needed to be upfront with your spouse about. — C.T. Phipps