Popguns Quotes & Sayings

In the classic Zen in the Art of Archery, Eugen Herrigel's teacher urged him always to take his next shot unburdened by previous failures to hit the target; as he improved, his teacher urged him not to be influenced by his successes either, to stay in the present moment. — Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Pamela realizes for the first time in her life that she hadn't made the wrong choice at all. Nor had she made the right choice. She had simply made a choice. And somewhere along the way, she had lost the courage to live by it. — Pip Karmel

He wanted an heir, a tiny piece of immortality. — James Patterson

Anyone who's really interested in anything spends time alone. — Curtis Sittenfeld

Fifteen millions of soldiers with popguns and horses All bent upon killing, because their "of courses" Are not quite the same. — Amy Lowell

So why study history? Unlike physics or economics, history is not a means for making accurate predictions. We study history not to know the future but to widen our horizons, to understand that our present situation is neither natural nor inevitable, and that we consequently have many more possibilities before us than we imagine. For example, studying how Europeans came to dominate Africans enables us to realise that there is nothing natural or inevitable about the racial hierarchy, and that the world might well be arranged differently. 2. — Yuval Noah Harari

Though a degree from Yale was not required, Pinchot wanted his foresters to be able to write well, for the numerous reports that their enemies in Congress would be second-guessing. — Timothy Egan

I didn't change. The Democratic Party slid to the Left from right under me. — Charlton Heston

Thankfulness is the life of contentment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Silence is the snare of the demon, and the more one keeps silent, the more terrifying the demon becomes. — Soren Kierkegaard

And I had forgotten to get more Sweet'N Low, so I had to drink coffee as bitter as I am. — Meg Howrey

If you dance with the devil, the devil don't change, he changes you. — Jordan Roter

The only barrier to apprehending the truth is our own unwillingness to see the world as it is instead of how we prefer it to be. — Ted Dekker