Quilliam Brothers Quotes & Sayings

Tell me, what kind of functions does pain have when one is convicted to 100 whippings in Saudie Arabia? You claim pain has a function, I claim that's scientific rubbish. The only thing pain really does is cause an instant reaction that is not rational and usually quite erratic. The famous example of the hand in boiling water, for example. You say it proves pain has a function. But exactly because of the spasmic reaction lots and lots of people will drop the bowl with boiling water over their entire bodies causing serious burns. So what was the 'function' of this pain? Pain and fear cause confusion and trauma. If pain actually did have a rational function, chronic pain would not exist. — Martijn Benders

I take pictures because I want to remember this place and all the things it made me feel. What does it feel like? I ask myself. Like cold air in your lungs after too much warm air. — Tarryn Fisher

Without living, there will be no learning. Without learning, there will be no growth. Without growth, there will be no change. The only way you learn is by trying. You may make mistakes but you have to remember that doing so will lead to change. Be willing to learn from experiences, grow and live to become better not bitter. — Kemi Sogunle

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain. — Tom Stoppard

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more interesting. — Rose Macaulay

I should not like to contemplate an existence, especially one that is going to continue forever, if I could not enjoy that existence with those whom I love. And so we build temples in the name of the Lord. — Hugh B. Brown

I won't be one of the hundreds telling you that being alive flows like a story you write consciously, deliberately, full of linear narrative, foreshadowing, repetition, motifs. The emotional beats come down where they should, last as long as they should, end where they should, and that should come from somewhere real and natural, not from the tyranny of the theatre, the utter hegemony of fiction. — Catherynne M Valente

The majority of everything has always been judged and manipulated by and on a minority's deeds — Deon Potgieter

I'm done being the grown-up. For a few minutes I want to be the kid. I want my mom. I just want my mom. — Katie McGarry

I love my wife dearly, and, therefore, I've never cooked a meal, romantic or otherwise, for her. — Steve Carell

I'm good at playing the dumbass. It provides a good cover so I can surprise people when I waltz all over them. — Clarissa Wild