Renamed Animals Quotes & Sayings

Psycholinguists argue about whether language reflects our perception of reality or helps create them. I am in the latter camp. Take the names we give the animals we eat. The Patagonian toothfish is a prehistoric-looking creature with teeth like needles and bulging yellowish eyes that lives in deep waters off the coast of South America. It did not catch on with sophisticated foodies until an enterprising Los Angeles importer renamed it the considerably more palatable Chilean sea bass. — Hal Herzog

I was watching TV and saw people with masks, weapons, and grenades. I thought, Is that really possible? Could we be here yet again? And go into civil war one more time? — Nadine Labaki

God save us from people who do the morally right thing. It's always the rest of us who get broken in half. — Paddy Chayefsky

Iraq's always been very secular. — William Kristol

Indonesia is just treading water when we are supposed to be bringing about change — Joesoef Isak

I am delighted to accept the chairmanship of Vote Leave, to help ensure that the organisation is fully prepared for the start of the referendum campaign. — Nigel Lawson

I do need you, because I love you and you make me happy. I can live my life just fine on my own, but it will be so much better if I live it with you. — Shannon Stacey

As Alaska zipped through something obvious about linear equations, stoner/baller Hank Walsten said, "Wait, wait. I don't get it."
"That's because you have eight functioning brain cells."
"Studies show that Marijuana is better for your health than those cigarettes," Hank said.
Alaska swallowed a mouthful of fries, took a drag on her cigarette, and blew a smoke at Hank. "I may die young," she said. "But at least I'll die smart. Now, back to tangents. — John Green

Your thoughts, the way you think is the most powerful influence in your life. — John Patrick Hickey

I don't agree. The morning fog makes the graveyard beautiful, soft and sad as a voice humming a lullaby, but I don't tell her what I think. She'd call me a weirdo.
- Raven Smith — Rita Stradling

If it is not truthful and not helpful, don't say it. If it is truthful and not helpful, don't say it. If it is not truthful and helpful, don't say it. If it is truthful and helpful, wait for the right time. — Gautama Buddha

When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results. — Warren Buffett

They were drugged, stone in love, and to them, every scar on the face of the world was a beauty-mark. Twice, — Stephen King

Simply look at whatever happens and know that you are beyond it. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj