Scytale Quotes & Sayings

The future is a thing to be shaped," Scytale said. "Hold that thought, Princess. — Frank Herbert

If you ever meet anyone who tells you his or her religion can offer all the answers, run for the hills. Or at least hide your wallet. — Greg M. Epstein

I don't believe in the search. I believe in happiness now. — Marty Rubin

And are they consistent with the injuries inflicted by the electric chair, with — Patricia Cornwell

I think the environment has become more competitive. That has made Indian industry more concerned with a) its customers, b) the quality of its products, and c) its brand image in the marketplace. — Ratan Tata

Reason is the first victim of strong emotion, Scytale murmured. — Frank Herbert

You feel something you haven't for years: it's to do with university parties with bathtubs of alcohol and the smell of hamburgers on fingers and beer in a kiss. You should have been disgusted by all that but you weren't. You'd be wet so quick; to get their clothes off, to have their weight upon you, to be rammed against a wall with your leg curled up. — Nikki Gemmell

The sky is purple, the flare of a match behind a cupped hand is gold; the liquor is green, bright green, made from a thousand herbs, made from altars. Those who know enough to drink Chartreuse at Mardi Gras are lucky, because the distilled essence of the town burns in their bellies. Chartreuse glows in the dark, and if you drink enough of it, your eyes will turn bright green. — Poppy Z. Brite

We all learn, whether consciously or not, that the default interpretation of behavior reflects a character's state of mind, and every fictional story that we read reinforces our tendency to make that kind of interpretation first. — Lisa Zunshine

Some say," Scytale said, "that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: 'See, there He is. He makes us one.' Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m'Lord. — Frank Herbert

first ever military cryptographic device, the Spartan scytale, dating back to the fifth century B.C. The scytale is a wooden staff around which a strip of leather or parchment is wound, — Simon Singh

I used to be so twig skinny that I couldn't eat enough, because I was just naturally skinny. Until I went to China. — Lisa Ling

No matter how far you are. No matter how long it takes him. Through Distance And Time I'll be waiting .. — Alicia Keys