S9671 Quotes & Sayings

To stop short in any research that bids fair to widen the gates of knowledge, to recoil from fear of difficulty or adverse criticism, is to bring reproach on science. There is nothing for the investigator to do but go straight on, 'to explore up and down, inch by inch, with the taper his reason;' to follow the light wherever it may lead, even should it at times resemble a will-o'-the-wisp. — William Crookes

You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't quite right. — Pat Robertson

To admit what you see endangers principles. — Arthur Miller

Did you guys have sex?" Jacob grasped my shoulders, giving me a little shake. "Oh my God, girl, details - I need details. What is the size of his-?" "We didn't have sex." I smacked his hands away. — J. Lynn

There will be today, there will be tomorrow, there will be always, and there was yesterday, and there was the day before ... — Leo Tolstoy

His Cheek is his Biographer- As long as he can blush. — Emily Dickinson

If there is anything material and we're not reporting it, we'll be breaking the law. We don't break the law. — Kenneth Lay

We have trouble estimating dramatic, exponential change. We cannot conceive that a piece of paper folded over 50 times could reach the sun. There are abrupt limits to the number of cognitive categories we can make and the number of people we can truly love and the number of acquaintances we can truly know. We throw up our hands at a problem phrased in an abstract way, but have no difficulty at all solving the same problem rephrased as a social dilemma. All of these things are expressions of the peculiarities of the human mind and heart, a refutation of the notion that the way we function and communicate and process information is straightforward and transparent. It is not. It is messy and opaque. — Malcolm Gladwell

I wouldn't say that I've mellowed. I'm less mellow, perhaps. — Annie Lennox

I do ride a bicycle occasionally, but not those stupid stationary ones you see in gyms. I do have one of those, I must confess, but its quite literally a pain in the arse, so I dont use it. — Christine McVie

If only this city's entire population of lurking assholes shared one set of balls, so I could kick it repeatedly. — Scott Lynch