Revermann Quotes & Sayings

Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune's greedily coveted favours, they are consequently, for the most part, very prone to credulity. The human mind is readily swayed this way or that in times of doubt, especially when hope and fear are struggling for the mastery, though usually it is boastful, over-confident, and vain. — Christopher Hitchens

We should just bomb them back to the Stone Age. — Mal Peet

The motive of success is not enough. — Alfred North Whitehead

A dinner made by a great cook is a vision of the world to come. — Patricia Storace

I know something happens between the time our mothers and fathers and teachers and mentors send us out into the world telling us, "The world is yours," and "You are beautiful," and "You can be anything," and the time we return to them.

Something happens when people tell me I have a pretty face, ignoring me from the neck down. When I watch the news and see unarmed black men and women shot dead over and over, it's kind of hard to believe this world is mine.

Sometimes it feels like I leave home a whole person, sent off with kisses from Mom, who is hanging her every hope on my future. By the time I get home I feel like my soul has been shattered into a million pieces.

Mom's love repairs me. — Renee Watson

America does not run on gas, oil, or coal any more than we may one day run on wind, solar, or tidal power. America runs on electricity. — Gretchen Bakke

One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space. — Leroy Chiao

Comedy is merely tragedy happening to someone else. — W.C. Fields

To provide its happy people with perpetual fun is now the deepest purpose of Western civilization. — Jeremy Seabrook

Write letters to your grandmother. She will love it. And leave you money in her will. — Philip Gulley

Sometimes you have to bend with the breeze or you break. — Steve McQueen

the weak are always apt to be revengeful. — Mahatma Gandhi

Are you okay?"
I waved my hand at him dismissively. He crouched down, touched my cheek, looked me up and down, and then smirked.
"That was a pygmy marmoset, by the way. Just in case you were wondering."
I wheezed. "Thank you, oh Walking Monkey Dictionary."
He laughed and got out bottled water for both of us, then handed me an energy bar.
"Aren't you going to eat one?"
He put a hand on his chest and scoffed. "What, me? Eat an energy bar when the jungle is full of delicious monkeys? No thanks. I'm not hungry."
I nibbled my energy bar in silence and checked the Golden Fruit to make sure it wasn't bruised. It was still safely wrapped up in my quilt.
Between bites, I said, "You know, all in all, we made it out of the city fairly unscathed."
His mouth fell open. "Unscathed? Kelsey, I have monkey bites all over my back and in other places that I don't even want to think about!"
"I said fairly."
He grunted at me. — Colleen Houck

Losing my virginity was very boring. — Dale Peck

A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety. — Ovid