Puritans 89x Quotes & Sayings

[In Adelie Land, Antarctica, a howling river of] wind, 50 miles wide, blows off the plateau, month in and month out, at an average velocity of 50 m.p.h. As a source of power this compares favorably with 6,000 tons of water falling every second over Niagara Falls. I will not further anticipate some H. G. Wells of the future who will ring the antarctic with power-producing windmills; but the winds of the Antarctic have to be felt to be believed, and nothing is quite impossible to physicists and engineers. — Frank Debenham

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing? — Samuel Goldwyn

I help relationships come to an end or help them go to the next level. It can be boyfriend or girlfriend, or if you want to quit your job. — Shannen Doherty

Caring is irrelevant. Desire to do good is irrelevant. All that counts is knowledge and results — Michael Crichton

Increasingly we live in a world of concrete, tarmac, television, and computer screens. These are great mechanical and electronic constructs of the human intellect--but they blot out our view of the rising and setting sun and keep our feet from being grounded in the earth, which in many cultures is a sacred act of communion — Martin Lockley

We were convinced of the inherent madness of codified inequity. All cooperation involves some measure of surrender. And coercion. But the alternative, being anarchy, is itself no worthy virtue. It is but an excuse for selfish aggression, and all that seeks justification from taking that stance is, each and every time, cold-hearted. Anarchists live in fear and long for death, because they despair of seeing in others the very virtues they lack in themselves. In this manner, they take pleasure in sowing destruction, if only to match their inner landscape of ruin. [ ... ] We rejected civilization, but so too we rejected anarchy for its petty belligerence and the weakness of thought it announced. By these decisions, we made ourselves lost and bereft of purpose. — Steven Erikson

The whims of youth break all the rules. — Homer

I think an analogue synth is an extension of the natural world. — John Frusciante

I'm never exactly a slave to facts at the best of times. But does it matter? Who owns memories after all? — Lynn Barber

Going only part of the way is not the same as going the wrong way — Jostein Gaarder

Kai, are you sure you're OK? You're acting a little weird.'
He kissed me on the forehead. 'Ah, Jemima! Weirdness is one of my many charms.' Then he grabbed me in a bear hug and squeezed so hard I thought I might pass out. — Cat Clarke

When you can't change a thing, don't let it change you ... — Kate Langley Bosher

He wanted AFFIRMATION rather than INFORMATION. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Eli joined Bobby in laughter. "Oh, Niki, we know you can't help it. But you're like a bull that goes into a china shop, blows everyone away, breaks all the china, and then kicks all the bodies for good measure. — J.L. Murray

Lead me not into temptation. Follow me instead! I know a shortcut! - T-SHIRT — Darynda Jones