Plaidoiries Des Quotes & Sayings

You see more sitting still than chasing after. — Jonathan Franzen

Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of the Pagan. — Ouida

When I was a child, I wanted to ... go into space! To go to Mars. I wanted to explore and explore and explore. I wanted to go to the Lost World in South America - I was heartbroken to discover there were no dinosaurs; I still don't accept it. — Brian Blessed

We are sustained by spiritual fire. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Wild nature always gives a very simple message to humanity: Do not disturb me! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Expert estimates of probability are often off by factors of hundreds or
thousands. [ ... ] I used to be annoyed when the margin of error was high in
a forecasting model that I might put together. Now I view it as perhaps the
single most important piece of information that a forecaster provides. When
we publish a forecast on FiveThirtyEight, I go to great lengths to document
the uncertainty attached to it, even if the uncertainty is sufficiently
large that the forecast won't make for punchy headlines. — Nate Silver

It's wrong, and it's racist, and it's bigoted to say that guns are quintessentially American. — Alan Dershowitz

As I watched, another pizza went out, the car lurching into the street and speeding away with the quickness that told of a large engine. Pizza drivers have made good money since they successfully lobbied for hazard pay. — Kim Harrison

For at the moment of the final division, the final miniaturization of matter, suddenly the whole cosmos opened up. — Thomas Mann

In life, there are a lot of expectations. I see why in the South, especially, there's a simple existence. People, whether they're cowboys or farmers or ranchers, you just get up, you do your job, you have a family, you come home. — Scott Haze

The first few years eamonn and I were together I wasn't sure I even liked him, let alone loved him. — Anna McPartlin

Liberty ... was a two-headed boon. There was first, the liberty of the people as a whole to determine the forms of their own government, to levy their own taxes, and to make their own laws ... There was second, the liberty of the individual man to live his own life, within the limits of decency and decorum, as he pleased
freedom from the despotism of the majority. — H.L. Mencken

Note to self: Rachel Morgan is a totally awesome liar. — Ally Carter