Progenial Quotes & Sayings

[Science] works. It is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing, applicable to everything. It has two rules. First: there are no sacred truths; all assumptions must be critically examined; arguments from authority are
worthless. Second: whatever is inconsistent with the facts must be discarded or revised. We must understand the Cosmos as it is and not confuse how it is with how we wish it to be. The obvious is sometimes false; the unexpected is sometimes true. — Carl Sagan

My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer. — Mel Torme

My kids don't slow down, but they like to hang just with us, with mum and dad. They play with us and we play, too. — Deborra-Lee Furness

Pain and Oblivion make mankind afraid to die; but all creatures are afraid of the one, none but mankind afraid of the other. — Margaret Cavendish

The violent chords and strident voices were so startlingly different from the chiming, bubbling relaxation tapes she played all day that it was like having a bucket of cold water thrown over her head. The Violent Femmes reminded her of the eighties, and being a teenager, and feeling supercharged with hormones and hope. — Liane Moriarty

All dark and comfortless. — William Shakespeare