Poulnapass Quotes & Sayings

The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge of the enemy; and this knowledge can only be derived, in the first instance, from the converted spy. Hence it is essential that the converted spy be treated with the utmost liberality. — Sun Tzu

If the Britannica has taught me anything, it's to be more careful. I don't want to turn into an unseemly noun or verb or adjective someday. I don't want to be like Charles Boycott, the landlord in Ireland who refused to lower rents during a famine, leading to the original boycott. I don't want to be like Charles Lynch, who headed an irregular court that hung loyalists during the Revolutionary War. I can't have "Jacobs" be a verb that means staying home all the time or washing your hands too frequently. — A. J. Jacobs

Our willingness to suffer for Him takes away fear and instills the blessed joy. — Rochunga Pudaite

We parked in the lot by the lake and as we emerged from the car, the mountains seemed to have closed in around us and the quiet was palpable, inescapable, underlined by the distant, humming rush of Poulnapass Waterfall. — Orna Ross

Oh dear, you are confusing molecular science with ancient history. — Dean Hamer

From Pythagoras (whether by way of Socrates or not) Plato derived the Orphic elements in his philosophy: the religious trend, the belief in immortality, the other-worldliness, the priestly tone, and all that is involved in the simile of the cave; also his respect for mathematics, and his intimate intermingling of intellect and mysticism. — Bertrand Russell

It's Myers-Briggs ... the MBTI, Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator. — Gordon MacDonald

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume. — Vera Wang

99.99% of your creation is complete before you see ANY physical evidence of it. — Esther Hicks