Ricaud Auckbur Quotes & Sayings

Choice is the essence of ethics: if there were no choice there would be no ethics, no good, no evil; good and evil have meaning only insofar as man is free to choose. — Margaret Thatcher

Home. What kinder place could there be on earth, and why did it seem to them all like exile? Oh, — Marilynne Robinson

One of my biggest superstitions is to never speak about the future out loud. Let's just say I got a lot out there and I hope to keep on going. — Steven Blum

It got so ridiculous that I was like, there's no way this is going to last. — Philip J. Kaplan

That's funny because if anyone actually did prove the existence of God we'd just tell him 'nice proof, Fraa Bly' and start believing in God. — Neal Stephenson

People slice up tree trunks, nail the pieces together into boxy shapes, and then go inside to sleep. Trees use the wood in their trunks for a different purpose - namely, they use it to fight with other plants. From dandelions to daffodils, from ferns to figs, from potatoes to pine trees - every plant growing on land is striving toward two prizes: light, which comes from above, and water, which comes from below. Any contest between two plants can be decided in one move, when the winner simultaneously reaches higher and digs deeper than the loser. Consider the tremendous advantage that wood confers to one of the contestants during such a battle: armed with a stiff-yet-flexible, strong-yet-light prop that separates - and connects - leaves and roots, trees have dominated the tournament for more than four hundred million years. — Hope Jahren

When I have a chunk of time that I can really dedicate to music, I really want to get into it. I want to do some really hard stuff and push myself. — Lucia Micarelli

It was just enough to sit there without words. — Louise Erdrich

What the philosophers have to say about reality is often as disappointing as a sign you see in a shop window, which reads Pressing Done Here. If you brought your clothes in to be pressed, you would be fooled: for the sign is only for sale. — Soren Kierkegaard

Many suburban legislators representing affluent school districts use terms such as "sinkhole" when opposing funding for Chicago's children. "We can't keep throwing money," said Governor Thompson in 1988, "into a black hole." The Chicago Tribune notes that, when this phrase is used, people hasten to explain that it is not intended as a slur against the race of many of Chicago's children. "But race," says the Tribune, "never is far from the surface ... — Jonathan Kozol

The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines - some of them leaders, some of them followers, all of them deserve to be remembered. — Nelson Mandela

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. — Rene Descartes