Shamratova Quotes & Sayings

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle.

The end of life has its own nature, also worth our attention. I don't say this without reckoning in the sorrow, the worry, the many diminishments. But surely it is then that a person's character shines or glooms. — Mary Oliver

I think some girls are just fucked up. — Courtney Summers

She wants to see the goals in the bill become a reality. — Maria Jose Alvarado

It is not optimism, Daniel Jackson, merely the refusal to fail. — Sonny Whitelaw

June falls asleep upon her bier of flowers;
In vain are dewdrops sprinkled o'er her,
In vain would fond winds fan her back to life,
Her hours are numbered on the floral dial. — Lucy Larcom

326. Excessive reading does not make us smarter. Some people simply
"devour" books. They do it without the necessary intervals of thought, which are necessary in order to "digest," to process what has been read, to absorb and comprehend it. When people of that kind speak, pieces of Hegel, Heidegger and Marx come out raw, unprocessed. Reading requires personal contribution as much
as a bee requires "inner" work, as well as time, to transform pollen into honey. — Alija Izetbegovic

Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world? — William Makepeace Thackeray

More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross; but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about. — John Hodgman

Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can take time out from the bustle and brouhaha of the city, and simply sit and watch and reflect. — Tom Hodgkinson

With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.' — John Ridley

Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it? — Dave Mustaine

This is the very womb and bed of enormity. — Ben Jonson