Pythias Quotes & Sayings

I believe the second half of one's life is meant to be better than the first half. The first half is finding out how you do it. And the second half is enjoying it. — Frances Lear

The things one had to do in life sometimes had nothing to do with what was fun or convenient. — Amy Tan

Pythias once, scoffing at Demosthenes, said that his arguments smelt of the lamp. — Plutarch

We are rebels for a cause, poets with a dream , and we won't let this world die without a fight. — Albert Camus

Fear comes in many forms, and we usually don't call it by its four-letter name. Fear itself is quite fear-inducing. Most intelligent people in the world dress it up as something else: optimistic denial. Most who avoid quitting their jobs entertain the thought that their course will improve with time or increases in income. This seems valid and is a tempting hallucination when a job is boring or uninspiring instead of pure hell. Pure hell forces action, but anything less can be endured with enough clever rationalization. — Anonymous

Between the shores of the oceans and the summit of the highest mountain is a secret route that you must absolutely take before being one with the sons of the Earth. — Khalil Gibran

You've gotta talk without speaking/
cry without weeping/
scream without raising your voice — U2

Unpossessive. Before his parents left, Al once again paid him the highest compliment about his relationship with me. "You boys are the best friends I've ever seen," he said. "You're like Damon and Pythias." It's a long way for a man to come who couldn't look me in the face for a year after Roger finally told him he was gay. A century — Paul Monette

Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party. — Gary Johnson

Religious faith as a whole induces various health benefits in the general population through complex biological processes. — Abhijit Naskar

Happiness is not being afraid. — Roy Keane

Whose order is shut inside the structure of a sentence? — Susan Howe

One day, a daughter of Aristotle, Pythias by name, was asked what color pleased her most. She replied, The color with which modesty suffuses the face of simple, inoffensive men. — Joseph Joubert

Reality alone justifies everything. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You ... didn't use the knockout pills, I take it?" he finally asked, staring out into the void. I shook my head. He sat down and we spilt the last Twinkie. "You realise we just sent a herd of flying pigs soaring out over medieval Wales," I said, sometime later, when the last little oinking cloud had disappeared over the horizon. "Hm." "You don't look too concerned." Rosier got to his feet and then actually extended a hand to help me up. "Maybe it will give the Pythias something else to do. And in any case ... " "I any case?" " Well. The expression had to start somewhere, didn't it? — Karen Chance

Using my thumb and middle finger, I tend to make snap decisions. Right away I know whether I like a song or not. — Jarod Kintz