Secon Quotes & Sayings

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly. — Tom Clancy

Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one. — Jean De La Bruyere

Our society is pluralistic. We who accept the privilege of membership in that society agree to respect the people's right to live by their own religious precepts. — Lewis B. Smedes

I took a stroll in the curious old-world garden which flanked the house. Rows of very ancient yew trees cut into strange designs girded it round. Inside was a beautiful stretch of lawn with an old sundial in the middle, the whole effect so soothing and restful that it was welcome to my somewhat jangled nerves. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Becoming like Christ is a long, slow process of growth. — Rick Warren

The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them. — D.H. Lawrence

My first project was to build an ionization gauge control circuit for Professor Edgar Everhart's Cockcroft-Walton accelerator. In those days, vacuum tubes were the active components in electronic circuits. I can still recall the warm orange glow of the vacuum tube filaments and the cool blue glow of the thyratron tubes. — David Lee

Americans feel that this federal city belongs to them, but if they lay claim to the national treasures, they can't deny their collective responsibility for the other Washington where drugs, murder, and poverty are testaments to the nation's failure. Washington is America's city, in glorious myth and tragic reality. — Harry S. Jaffe

So ... Rayna and Nico," he said.
"From the secon she saw him," I agreed.
"They seem good together," Ben said. Then he smiled, adding, "And here I didn't think Rayna was a stable person."
"Oooooh." I winced at the bad joke.
"What? I'm just horsing around."
"Ugh, Ben!"
"You're saying I should rein in the humor? — Hilary Duff

I've tried very hard and I've never found any resemblance between the people I know and the people in my novels. — Francoise Sagan

Pina colada kisses and cocaine nips
never lie, swear to me that this feeling is real. — Lori Jenessa Nelson

It was clear to me that it wouldn't matter what I did - they would never truly appreciate me or learn what I had to offer. They were far beyond fickle - they were insensible, like kittens,predatory little things, distracted by the first bit of string or shiny bauble that rolled across the floor, and nothing I could ever say or do could possibly make any kind of dent in their willful ignorance. — Jeff Lindsay

As children we have no appreciation of scenery because, having not yet stored similar scenes in our imagination, with their attendant emotions and circumstances, we perceive it without psychic depth. I now looked at the cloudcrowned summits with my — Gene Wolfe