Putorti Sweaters Quotes & Sayings

Entomologist Dr. Ovid Byron speaking to television journalist, Tina, who says, re. global warming, "Scientists of course are in disagreement about whether this is happening and whether humans have a role."
He replies:
"The Arctic is genuinely collapsing. Scientists used to call these things the canary in the mine. What they say now is, The canary is dead. We are at the top of Niagara Falls, Tina, in a canoe. There is an image for your viewers. We got here by drifting, but we cannot turn around for a lazy paddle back when you finally stop pissing around. We have arrived at the point of an audible roar. Does it strike you as a good time to debate the existence of the falls?" p.367 — Barbara Kingsolver

I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well. — Sherman Alexie

By focusing on such a narrow slice of Nepali life, Ms. Spray and Mr. Velez have ceded any totalizing claim on the truth and instead settled for a perfect incompleteness. — Manohla Dargis

Job interview question: Q: Where do you see yourself five years from now?A: Well, five years from now I see myself being able to answer this question. — Matthew Dickson

I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original. — Trey Parker

It's most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times. — Tyler Perry

People don't do what you expect but what you inspect. — Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

Small, portable digital cameras that exceed the performance of an off-the-shelf Nikon using 35mm slide film are further away from current reality than the proposed NASA manned Mars mission, although I expect both to happen sometime during my lifetime. — Galen Rowell

You this day, gentlemen, assume new characters, enter into new relations, and consequently incur new duties. You have, by the favor of Providence and the attention of your friends, received a public education, the purpose whereof hath been to qualify you the better to serve your Creator and your country ... — William Samuel Johnson

Okay, so she's mad as a sack of ferrets. Only I don't tell her so 'cause I'd like more of that green tea. — David Mitchell