Phylip Tutorial Quotes & Sayings

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. — Henry David Thoreau

It is said that the dead are infinitely patient, although it is usually said by the living, and how would they know? — Lee Battersby

The California fever is not likely to take us off ... There is neither romance nor glory in digging for gold after the manner of the pictures in the geography of diamond washing in Brazil. — Rutherford B. Hayes

The refectory is a cenacle in which the taking of food is transfigured almost into a sacrament. — Monica Baldwin

On paper, in the colonel's lamp-lit office, when we saw a problem it was easy to fix; all we had to do was direct that corps commanders regulate their columns so as not to delay each other, halting until crossroads were clear, keeping their riles well closed, and so forth. It didn't work that way on the ground, which was neither flat nor clean - nor, as it turned out, dry — Shelby Foote

He loved Arthur and he loved Guenever and he hated himself. The best knight of the world: everybody envied the self-esteem which must surely be his. But Lancelot never believed he was good or nice. Under the grotesque, magnificent shell with a face like Quasimodo's, there was shame and self-loathing which had been planted there when he was tiny, by something which it is now too late to trace. — T.H. White

Redefined soul anew, bow now with pride. Reborn from the darkness, a man now wise. — Tyler J. Hebert

In North Korea, you don't own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there. — Barbara Demick

The Craft was what it was. People who respond to that movie respond to it really strongly. — Robin Tunney

Somewhere out there is a theory that would explain my empirical observations, and this theory has yet to be discovered. Mathematics thrives on such mysteries. — Henri Darmon

I've made a way to allow myself to do big films, small films, dramas, comedies, action films, horror films, or whatever interests me, as a movie-goer. I like watching myself in movies. I want to choose movies that allow me to enjoy myself, the way that I want to entertain myself. — Samuel L. Jackson

When you drop your expectations that a person, a situation, a place, or an object should fulfill you, it's easier to be present in this moment because you're no longer looking to the next one. Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment. — Eckhart Tolle