Quammen Books Quotes & Sayings

I would put myself towards left of center. — Yvette Clarke

The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon. — Dallas Willard

Shoot the brave officers, and the cowards will run away and take the men with them. — Stonewall Jackson

Of course anyone who truly loves books buys more of them than he or she can hope to read in one fleeting lifetime. A good book, resting unopened in its slot on a shelf, full of majestic potentiality, is the most comforting sort of intellectual wallpaper. — David Quammen

Jewish tradition holds that, given a choice between life and death, one should always choose life. — Miriam M. Brysk

We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution. — Edward McKendree Bounds

Time is the thief you cannot banish. — Phyllis McGinley

Unfortunately, some people go to a restaurant, and they aren't really there to enjoy themselves. They're there because they think they deserve to be there or because they can just afford it. — Joe Dinicol

I like beans. Lentils are beans, right? I love beans and rice. — Prince Fielder

a bag of wet farts. But — Pierce Brown

I like the sober Callie, the one that I can talk to. The one that is so sweet it's fucking adorable. The one that trembles use from the feel of my breath. The one that I want to kiss and touch so fucking badly it drives me crazy. The one that makes me feel things ... — Jessica Sorensen

She's as nutty as squirrel poo. — J.K. Rowling

If God is wiser that we His judgement must differ from ours on many things, and not least on good and evil. What seems to us good may therefore not be good in His eyes, and what seems to us evil may not be evil. — C.S. Lewis