Pikaia Fish Quotes & Sayings

Man must not check reason by tradition, but contrariwise, must check tradition by reason. — Leo Tolstoy

I am wholly devoid of public spirit or moral purpose. This is incomprehensible to many men, and they seek to remedy the defect by crediting me with purposes of their own. The only thing I respect is intellectual honesty, of which, of course, intellectual courage is a necessary part. A Socialist who goes to jail for his opinions seems to me a much finer man than the judge who sends him there, though I disagree with all the ideas of the Socialist and agree with some of those of the judge. But though he is fine, the Socialist is nevertheless foolish, for he suffers for what is untrue. If I knew what was true, I'd probably be willing to sweat and strive for it, and maybe even to die for it to the tune of bugle-blasts. But so far I have not found it. — H.L. Mencken

Well you know
that I'm cold
black on constellations gold
and you know
that your soul's
black top under lacing
won't let it go — Pierce The Veil

Passed. As per usual. — Belle Aurora

I am sympathetic to developing countries' concerns: because of our emissions it's their crops that will disappear; because of our inaction, it's their fields that turn to desert. — John F. Kerry

is the new stability. — Naomi Klein

There's a lot of interesting words, nomenclatures, in science. — Andrew Bird

No tears to damn you when jealousy burns. — Elton John

In putting everyone else down, I am raising myself up ... and this will continue until my self-esteem rises. I have just sorted out the mystery of why I am always putting down everybody else's artwork. — Jim Rowe

Her court was pure, her life serene; God gave her peace; her land reposed; A thousand claims to reverence closed ... — Alfred Lord Tennyson

nondescript individuals put in an appearance, Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle

End? You don't mean like, dead end? — Paul Dini

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria. — Henry A. Kissinger

If people only realized what a war goes on in a child's mind and heart in a situation of this kind, I think they would try to explain more than they do, — Eleanor Roosevelt