Reconsidering Icarus Quotes & Sayings

I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there. — Donna Tartt

Now one day - and we know the day, August 1, 1774 - Priestley put calx of mercury underneath a glass. He focused the sun's hot rays on the calx with his new 12" diameter magnifying glass. It began to give off a gas. The calx of mercury changed back into mercury, and Priestley trapped the gas with his pneumatic trough. And then he sat and looked, and thought, and looked some more. He happened to have a lighted candle nearby. Without really thinking about it Priestley exposed the candle to the gas. The flame suddenly flared into brilliance! What was this wondrous gas? If — Benjamin Wiker

People who are labeled as disrespectful do not get the same opportunities afforded to those who are labeled as respectful. — Andy Andrews

If a woman makes a unilateral decision to bring pregnancy to term, and the biological father does not, and cannot, share in this decision, he should not be liable for 21 years of support ... autonomous women making independent decisions about their lives should not expect men to finance their choice. — Karen DeCrow

My dear fellow, my whole life is moved by the principle that the one thing which is more important than peace is music. It is because I believe that I am poor. — Robertson Davies

Writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity. — Mohsin Hamid