Skillful Sailor Quotes & Sayings

A genuine work of art, can never be false, nor can it be discredited through the lapse of time, for it does not present an opinion but the thing itself. — Arthur Schopenhauer

And Jet, I thought the Major was a lady suffragette. — Paul McCartney

Is a twist less satisfying if you know it's coming? Is a twist that you can't predict symptomatic of bad construction? These are things to consider when writing. — Gabrielle Zevin

Unfortunately, a lot of economists wanted to make their subject a science. So the more what you do resembles physics or chemistry, the more credible you become. — Ha-Joon Chang

The only actress they didn't test was Garbo. Must have been her accent. — Judy Holliday

When man obliterates wilderness, he repudiates the life force, which put him on this planed in a bad way, and in a truly terrifying sense, he is on his own. — J. H. Rush

A church without a missions or a mission without the church are both contradictions. Such things do exist, but only as pseudostructures — Carl Braaten

I turned away, took a deep breath, and sheathed the weapon. I never know what to
say after I've intimidated someone; I ought to keep a list of tough-guy remarks. — Steven Brust

On the roof, on the duvet under the steam vent, with the planets overhead, he let her scream all she wished. She screamed into the night. To the stars. At one point, with his lying atop her, he said, "Look over my left shoulder. Venus is visible tonight." Then he pulled the covers away from her, wrestling her for the duvet, as he called, "Here she is, all you Venusians" - he lifted out his arm, using it to span the celestial horizon- - "and the rest of you planets out there: the most beautiful woman on Earth, spread-eagled for your pleasure!" He laughed. "At my disposal, mm-m-m!" He bent down, nibbling, kissing her neck with his teeth, his lips, his mouth. — Judith Ivory

If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects. — Thabo Mbeki

All the best, greatest, purest and worthiest things in life are beyond all market-value and that the gifts of the gods are not for sale. — Marie Corelli

For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism. — Chuck Palahniuk

I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there. — Hal Sutton

When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears? — Juvenal

The person whom you really, really love may not be here anymore. And you might be feeling lonely, but, there are people in this world who really, really love you, so shouldn't that equal it all out? So, please don't ever think that you're alone. I'll be watching over you. I'll always be watching over you. I promise to always watch over you. You're not alone. — Yuuki Obata