Soucek Houston Quotes & Sayings

Tut, tut. We can't let mere sentiment intrude. This is Science. — K.W. Jeter

If you wish to control others you must first control yourself — Miyamoto Musashi

I have nothing but admiration for myself as a youngster; I was a force to be reckoned with then, a much finer specimen than I am now. As kids, we had little meat on our bones; we were sticklike figures with big rounded bellies, the skin stretched so taut it was nearly transparent - you could just about see our intestines twist and coil on the other side. Our necks were so long and thin it was a miracle they could support our heavy heads. — Mo Yan

Songs are dangerous, songs are subversive and can change your life. — Ronnie Gilbert

Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to his fellow-men; and his religion ... was simply one side of the general scheme of conduct prescribed for him by his position as a member of society. — William Robertson Smith

Freedom of speech and the press must be complete. But then freedom of association must be complete too. — Vladimir Lenin

The daily routine of most adults is so heavy and artificial that we are closed off to much of the world. We have to do this in order to get our work done. I think one purpose of art is to get us out of those routines. When we hear music or poetry or stories, the world opens up again. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Some people in the art world bemoan the hedge fund millionaires spending freely to acquire ostentatious displays of wealth and coolth for their giddily chic designer duplexes. Others bemoan art being treated as a commodity. But most of the bemoaning is because the art world is stuffed full of bemoaners, bemoaning about everything. — Charles Saatchi

The secret of success lies in this simple sentence: Why not? — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I do not think it can be disputed that while we lay heavy stress on faith (coming to Christ, trusting His promises, believing that God knows what He is doing with our lives, and hoping for heaven), we touch very lightly on repentance (binding one's conscience to God's moral law, confessing and forsaking one's sins, making restitution for past wrongs, grieving before God at the dishonor one's sins have done Him, and forming a game plan for holy living). — J.I. Packer

With my mother's death all settled happiness, all that was tranquil and reliable, disappeared from my life. There was to be much fun, many pleasures, many stabs of Joy; but no more of the old security. It was sea and islands now; the great continent had sunk like Atlantis. — C.S. Lewis

Follow that coffeehouse. — Frances Hardinge

I do not care about the greatest good for the greatest number ... Most people are poop-heads I do not care about them at all. — James Alan Gardner

It was a natural process, because when we go to the ring we are human beings, but once you feel the punches and the competition that's when the beast comes out and takes hold of us. — Alexis Arguello