Schorr Metals Quotes & Sayings

It is naive to suppose that something that has been expressed in one form can be expressed in another without significantly changing its meaning, texture or value. Much prose translates fairly well from one language to another, but we know that poetry does not; we may get a rough idea of the sense of a translated poem but usually everything else is lost, especially that which makes it an object of beauty. The translation makes it into something it was not. — Neil Postman

Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got to do it. — Rose Macaulay

The theory of probabilities is basically only common sense reduced to a calculus. It makes one estimate accurately what right-minded people feel by a sort of instinct, often without being able to give a reason for it. — Pierre-Simon Laplace

Mother love is the most powerful, the most irrational force on earth, even more powerful than sexual love. However, one does lead to the other, so best not to spurn the former. — Rita Mae Brown

Suffering took hold of me like a magic spell abolishing all differences between friends and strangers. — Diane Ackerman

I've never drunk coffee. I'm convinced it has something to do with why my skin is good. I have either mint, green or black tea. — Saffron Aldridge

We've been there on World Wars, it's time for World Party I. — Vanna Bonta

Life is a rotten lottery. — John Waters

Almost everyone can remember losing his or her virginity, and most writers can remember the first book he/she put down thinking: I can do better than this. Hell, I am doing better than this! What could be more encouraging to the struggling writer than to realize his/her work is unquestionably better than that of someone who actually got paid for his/her stuff? — Stephen King

'True Blood' is one of those shows that is so deep and good that you can't have it on in the background. It's one of those shows that you have to dedicate time to. — Robert Kazinsky

When we arrive at the end of our own strength it is not defeat, but the start of tapping into God's boundless resources. It is when we are weak that we are strong in God. — Paul Hattaway

So I became the wanderer and wandering became my destiny! — Avijeet Das

Yesterday President Obama traveled to Jamaica, where he will meet with students and Caribbean leaders. Jamaica's such a beautiful place, Obama says he can't wait to just take it all in, hold it for several seconds, and then exhale. — Jimmy Fallon