Pochins Quotes & Sayings

The lines are all imagined. — James Mercer

I find shoestrings very hard work. I like big budgets. — Julie Harris

Creativity is a fragile flower, but perhaps it can be fertilized with systematic doses of serendipity. — John Brockman

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z. — Talib Kweli

Every man is the lord of a realm beside which the earthly empire of the Czar is but a petty state, a hummock left by the ice. Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy with the spirit which may still animate their clay. Patriotism is a maggot in their heads. What — Henry David Thoreau

The idea that the Big Bang theory allows us to infer that the universe began to exist about 15 billion years ago has attracted the attention of many theists. This theory seemed to confirm or at least lend support to the theological doctrine of creation ex nihilo. Indeed, the suggestion of a divine creation seemed so compelling that the notion that "God created the Big Bang" has taken a hold on popular consciousness and become a staple in the theistic component of 'educated common sense'. By contrast, the response of atheists and agnostics to this development has been comparatively lame. — Quentin Smith

I determined you should come; and you have come! I have shown my power. — Thomas Hardy

The project workers are the ones most familiar with the territory of the project. If a given direction doesn't make sense to them, it doesn't make any sense at all. — Tom DeMarco

I hadn't planned on being a teacher, but after I actually become one I discovered a deeper respect and affection for the profession than I ever imagined I'd have. More accurately, really, I should say that I happened to discover myself. — Haruki Murakami