Shellstrom Quotes & Sayings

Beginning a new year - have a resolution to make - not to be a damn fool!' -- Kay Francis — Lynn Kear

When two alien cultures meet, the stronger must transform the weaker with love or hate. - Damon Knight, "Stranger Station" (1956) — Gary Westfahl

Consequently, heretics and schismatics, separated from the unity of this Body, are able to receive the same Sacrament, but with no benefit to themselves; indeed, more to their own harm, in that they are judged the more severely rather than being liberated. — Saint Augustine

These days, digitization enables us to view the copies [of the Gutenberg Bible] online without the need for a trip to the Euston Road, although to do so would be to deny oneself one of the great pleasures in life. The first book ever printed in Europe - heavy, luxurious, pungent and creaky - does not read particularly well on an iPhone. — Simon Garfield

A feather when viewed separately may seem like only a feather,
But when seen through the eyes of truth it is a sacred instrument that lifts a bird in flight. — Molly Friedenfeld

Who was this women?' asked Harry.
'I dunno, some Ministry hag.'
Mundungus considered for a moment, brow wrinkled.
'Little women. Bow on top of er' head.'
He frowned and then added, 'Looked like a toad.'
Harry dropped his wand.
Harry looked up and saw his own shock reflected in Ron and Hermione's faces. The scars on the back of right hand seemed to be tingling again. — J.K. Rowling

Could something that looked so wrong on the outside turn out to be undeniably right? My — Jodi Picoult

America has this understanding of Africans that plays like National Geographic: a bunch of Negroes with loincloths running around the plain fields of Africa chasing gazelles. — Djimon Hounsou

If you smile for no reason at all you will actually start to feel happy — Rebecca Stead

Nobody but a Southerner knows the wrenching rinsing sadness of the cities of the North. — Walker Percy

My life is so filled with my children, my family, and the charitable work I do. — Jamie Lee Curtis

Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties: revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God ... — John Locke

I only watch my movies that I make once, so I can just see how it hangs together, but after that, I don't watch them again. A lot of people have disappeared from Earth that you've worked with, and they make me sort of sad once in a while, and there's really no necessity for me to watch them. I've made them, and it's on film and that's that. — Gena Rowlands

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up. — Alan Ladd

I am getting you a coffee machine. Your husband is a horrible person. He lies when he says hello. He cannot keep up with all the lies he tells. Everyone knows he is not to be trusted. Wake up Coffee machine on its way. — Ari Emanuel