Sperberg Excavating Quotes & Sayings

To achieve respectability, to be admitted to the debate, they must accept without question or inquiry the fundamental doctrine that the state is benevolent, governed by the loftiest intentions, adopting a defensive stance, not an actor in world affairs but only reacting to the crimes of others ... If even the harshest of critics tacitly adopt these premises, then the ordinary person may ask, who am I to disagree? — Noam Chomsky

People like me know that there is no magic. There is only the grind. Work looks like magic to those unwilling to do it. — David Wong

How was Ambrose?"
"Starving, as usual. I swear he wants to nurse every two hours."
Zoe grinned. "It's because he's a boy." She pulled out some sheet music and began hunting through it for another selection. "Lisette says that Eugene nearly drove her mad. Even the wet nurse she used when she and Max came up to Winborough complained that she'd never seen a babe so lusty. But Claudine didn't give Lisette a bit of trouble. My little Drina was never a problem, either."
"Just as I always suspected," Jane said. "Men are insatiable from birth."
Dom's eyes twinkled at her. "In some things, anyway."
Her stomach flipped over. Dr. Worth had only yesterday told her that they could resume marital relations, but in all the chaos of the coronation preparations she hadn't had a chance to tell Dom. — Sabrina Jeffries

I took my play very seriously, and I got way, way lost in my play world. — Michael Keaton

When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation of life. — Clara Zetkin

Meryl Streep is not here tonight. She has the flu - and I hear she's amazing in it. — Amy Poehler

Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity. — David A. Bednar

If possible, always let the first members of an enemy patrol pass you by, then shoot the third or fourth man. Here again, laid down drills will dictate which member of your patrol will spring the ambush. Remember that in the heat of battle, particularly with today's automatic weapons, the tendency is to fire high, often missing the target altogether. Aim low and shoot to kill. — Bob Carss

The support of our Soul and the joy that it bestows is sufficient to our need and carries us forward. — Genevieve Gerard

This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest, Such as I love; and you among the store, One more, most welcome, makes my number more. — William Shakespeare

Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and ... will people like it? Will they like Rey? — Daisy Ridley

Waiting is one of the great arts. — Margery Allingham

Whatever. So how is all this brilliant knowledge supposed to help me control the explody thing?" "Explody thing?" Jenny said. I nodded. "It's a technical term. — A&E Kirk

I have always been driven. I have always believed in what I believe very deeply. — Alastair Campbell