Schwambachs Diner Quotes & Sayings

Common sense is the folklore of philosophy. — Antonio Gramsci

She found him insipid, silly, stupid, useless, conceited, offensive, impertinent - and extremely ugly. The — Victor Hugo

The tribal community lived in the totality of circular time; the farmers of God's universe understood before and after; workers of the clockwork universe lived by the tick; and we creatures of the digital era must relate to the pulse. — Douglas Rushkoff

If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world. — Christopher Hitchens

The world we live in takes a multifaceted approach. To the American taxpayer: We need to be investing in improving people's lives before the terrorists try to take over. — Lindsey Graham

I've made a lot of stupid action films in my life but I like stupid action films and am kind of proud of them. — Joel Silver

If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out. — Ruhollah Khomeini

From their maneuvers and their terrific speed I am certain their flight performance was greater than any aircraft known today. — Frank Herman Schofield

Just being a model, you're not supposed to speak ever, really. — Chrissy Teigen

Learning grammar can be viewed as a game that a little boy plays with his father. Daddy talks, the boy listens - perhaps disobeys - and Daddy talks some more. All the while the boy is trying to figure out the grammar that can generate the sentences in Daddy's speech. The boy might occasionally talk back, but there is no guarantee that Daddy will pay any attention. Not that he is a bad father: recall from Chapter 5 that in some cultures, adults do not interact with children until they are socially and linguistically adept. To fully understand the game of language learning, then, Daddy can be assumed only as a rather passive participant. The goal of the game is to learn Daddy's grammar within some finite amount of time: nobody learns forever. — Charles Yang

When you've just made the most complete fool of yourself, you feel the need of a specially high horse to ride. — Patricia Wentworth

Code-sharing, alliances, and connections are all about "how do we screw the poor customer for more money?" — Michael O'Leary

You know, you hear about these movements for women, and for children, and for people who are any race but white, and you think that it's about time that men got a movement. Think about it. Guys can't play the piano, or dance, or sing. We can't cry, or be too happy, or show any emotion for that matter. The only thing we have left to us is anger, and even that we have to bottle up. Boys should be able to express what they feel and not have to endure people laughing at them, forcing them to wonder if they're gay or not, just because they like to paint. — Alex Sanchez

More than one philosopher has claimed that we ever remain children, far beneath the indurated layers that make up the armour of adulthood. Armour encumbers, restricts the body and soul within it. But it also protects. Blows are blunted. Feelings lose their edge, leaving us to suffer naught but a plague of bruises, and, after a time, bruises fade. — Steven Erikson