Recalcitrate Quotes & Sayings

I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, / The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all. — Andrew Lang

The best historical stories capture the modern imagination because they are, in many senses, still current - part of a continuum. — Sara Sheridan

The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk. "Written", perhaps, is not the proper word. It would be more appropriate to say that each letter of the book is marked deep with the heart's blood of the great soul who had renounced all for his love of Christ. — Swami Vivekananda

Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of death. — Chanakya

To understand how something works, figure out how to break it. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I don't like the idea of drama schools. They only perpetuate the myth that everyone can do what I do — Zach Braff

It's better to hope than mope! — Margaret Atwood

Choosing how you vote should not be a snap verdict based on a few minutes of television. — Simon Cowell

Ending is better than mending. — Aldous Huxley

I went to a Catholic high school and it seemed like every time I drew something for a class project, it either got thrown away by the teacher or something. — Mike Judge

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? — Mary Astell

Shipping is so cheap that it makes more financial sense for Scottish cod to be sent 10,000 miles to China to be filleted, then sent back to Scottish shops and restaurants, than to pay Scottish filleters. — Rose George

Energy had fastened upon her like a disease. — Ellen Glasgow