Roy Schoeman Quotes & Sayings

Meek young men grow up in libraries. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Is it okay to lie in order to be happy? — A.S. King

She had a smile that could put a froth on a cup of coffee, and she knew it. — Christopher Fowler

On Halloween, witches come true;
Wild ghosts escape from dreams.
Each monster dances in the park ... — Nick Gordon

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you. — Herbie Mann

They were so ignorant! Young men and women, educated very carefully to be apolitical, to be technicians who thought they disliked politics, making them putty in the hands of their rulers, just like always. It was appalling how stupid they were, really, and he could not help lashing into them. — Kim Stanley Robinson

Polonius to Laertes (in Hamlet): To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man [or woman]. — Christopher Ryan

By the last decades of the 21st century, church worship will still take the form of reading passages of traditional texts - the Bible, the Koran, the Rig Veda - but physicist-priests will preside over the ceremonies. — Frank Tipler

When fatigue finally forced him to pause, he ordered the men who were left to have their hearts torn out and their carcasses burned — Geoffrey Of Monmouth

So is language change progress or degeneration? It is neither, of course. To assert that language change is for the better or worse requires some measure of what "good" or "bad" language is, and the issue of language change needn't come into question here. But no coherent criterion has ever been given: upon examination, the pronouncements of the self-appointed pundits are always a mix of cultural biases, half-understandings of languages, and an obvious compulsion for telling people what to do. — Charles Yang

The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down. — Errol Flynn

If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard. — Nathan Deal

Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support
from friends, relatives, neighbors, or the community
are more likely to be overburdened by the demands of their babies and to be unable to respond to them adequately. Parents who experience severe poverty or economic insecurity, who cannot satisfy their own basic needs, are likely to have difficulty in responding to their children's needs. — Sheila Kamerman

I only got to see three songs, Mac"
"That does not entitle you to take home the lead singer, Jody"
"I know"
"Most people settle for a T-shirt or a poster. Not Jody. Jody wants actual band members — C.J. Skuse