Profondere Quotes & Sayings

We live in a society where we never prepare people to be a community. — Sebastiao Salgado

A speech idiosyncrasy, in the same way as an air quote, is really justifiable only if it's employed very sparingly and if the user consciously intends to be using it. — Christopher Hitchens

Landscapes are culture before they are nature; constructs of the imagination projected onto wood and water and rock. It is ... difficult to think of a single natural system that has not, for better or worse, been substantially modified by human culture. The cultural habits of humanity have always made room for the sacredness of nature. — Simon Schama

Feed the alligators and you get bigger alligators. — Helen Gurley Brown

I'm just, 'Hi, I'm Shamir. I'm gonna sing, hug you, then you can buy my album.' — Shamir

Routine is necessary for efficiency; breaking routine is necessary for adaptation. — Brett N. Steenbarger

But when the pair was cast out of Eden, the Nachash began his campaign to defile every corner of Elohim's good creation. He set up his parody of the mountain of Eden at Mount Hermon, in Bashan, the 'Place of the Serpent.' He was eventually joined by Semjaza, Azazel, and the other fallen Sons of God to pursue their nefarious grand design on Eden. It was the war of the Seed of Nachash with the Seed of Havah, and it was for total conquest. No quarter given. To the victor, complete spoils. Their loss at the Titanomachy was but one battle. — Brian Godawa

Get out," he said flatly. "I just got her normal again. Get out before you turn her into a sniveling, twitterpated ... twit!"
"Jenks!" I exclaimed, and Pierce put a calming hand on me.
"That is my intent, Jenks," he said gallantly, and I wondered if Pierce meant his intent was to leave or to turn me into a twitterpated twit. — Kim Harrison

It was very constraining, much more than I ever would have thought, to run for governor. — Christine Gregoire

If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original. — Peter Falk

Education is worth a whole lot. Just think - with enough education and brains the average man would make a good lawyer - and so would the average lawyer. — Gracie Allen