Rickett Quotes & Sayings

This it is which is particularly salutary and profitable in the study of history, that you behold instances of every variety of conduct displayed on a conspicuous monument; that from thence you may select for yourself and for your country that which you may imitate; thence note what is shameful in the undertaking, and shameful in the result, which you may avoid. — Livy

I used to think this was all about good and evil," said Rickett, "but it's not."
"No?"
"There's a kind of evil that isn't even in opposition to good, because good is an irrelevance to it. It's a foulness that's right at the heart of existence, born with the stuff of the universe. It's in the decay to which all things tend. It is, and it always will be, but in dying we leave it behind."
"And while we're alive?"
"We set our souls against it, and our saints and angels, too." He patted Parker on the shoulder. "Especially the destroying ones. — John Connolly

Is it so wrong to just live life and enjoy it? Between fun and function, why must we choose the latter? — Arthur Nersesian

By mid-November, his protests notwithstanding, whiskers began sprouting from his face. A few weeks later, his assistant private secretary, John Hay, approvingly punned: Election news Abe's hirsute fancy warrant - Apparent hair becomes heir apparent.44 — Harold Holzer

In the earlier centuries the upper and lower social classes engaged in homicide at comparable rates. But as the homicide rate fell, it dropped far more precipitously among the upper classes than among the lower ones, an important social change — Steven Pinker

We will make every effort to unify all ethnic groups, to strengthen belief in Taiwan and to persist in reform. — Chen Shui-bian

[God] disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness. — Scott Hahn

Save your world. Love it,protect it, respect it, and don't let the haters represent it. — James Patterson

If you want to get rich on the outside, then become rich on the inside first. You will reap on the outside what you sow on the inside. — Jeanette Coron

I give you bitter pills, in a sugar coating. The pills are harmless - the poison's in the sugar — James St. James

Winning is like deodorant - it comes up and a lot of things don't stink. — Doc Rivers

The object of Parliament is to substitute argument for fisticuffs. — Winston Churchill

I always thought I was more satanic than Manson. — Rose McGowan

We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic. — Emma Thompson

I suppose what you're doing as a painter is making a record of your trip through life. I can't think of any job that is quite as satisfactory as doing a painting. — Robert Genn

Sometimes this habit of using an entire book to tackle a single issue seems positively reckless. When the captain of your little pleasure cruiser spots a ferry hull looming over the horizon, do you really want him to reach for a copy of How to Avoid Huge Ships? Or would you rather that he kept his attention on the wheel? — Joel Rickett

I've always been fascinated by the Chinese. This goes a long way back to my childhood. The Chinese invented money, movable type, clocks, and built the largest ships in the history of the world. — Thomas Steinbeck