Sin Kiske Quotes & Sayings

Paracelsus's grand project, which arguably is still going on today,* represents one of the many ways the Judeo-Christian tradition has deployed its genius to absorb, or co-opt, the power of the pagan faith it set out to uproot. In much the same way that the new monotheism folded into its rituals the people's traditional pagan holidays and spectacles, it desperately needed to do something about their ancient devotion to magic plants. Indeed, the story of the forbidden fruit in Genesis suggests that nothing was more important. — Michael Pollan

One cannot live in society and be free from society. — Vladimir Lenin

The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along. — Thomas Dewar

It is the discrepancy between the promise implicit in his touch and his daily interactions with her that generates so much confusion and ambivalence for Martha.
from Lo Siento — Marcy Sheiner

I don't want to be able to see thestrals, Scott. You don't understand the SITUATION. HERE. — Tylerfucklin

When people see your personality come out, they feel so good, like they actually know who you are. — Usain Bolt

Back when George W. Bush was identifying his Axis of Evil, it struck me that a longer and more instructive list could be compiled of the Axis of the Humiliated (or Insulted and Injured, to borrow from Dostoevsky). — Serge Schmemann

I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple. — Matthew Goode

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old. — Jane Yolen

Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families. — Melissa Bean