Steenoven Quotes & Sayings

There's anything I learned from studying philosophy, it's that everything turns to shit - but — Kevin Hearne

The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination. — Charlotte Lennox

I think, from the broad political spectrum, not just the Freedom Caucus, I think there is a need for internal reform that is how we bring bills up, getting back to regular order, how we offer amendments or don't offer amendments. — Jason Chaffetz

Over the past sixty years a rather impressive assembly of respectable taxonomists and evolutionary biologists have tried to unseat the biological species concept for a wide variety of reasons. Most of them failed, probably because Ernst Mayr is alive, adroit, and articulate at ninety-six years young as I write these words, and most critics are no match for him. — Stephen J. O'Brien

While all Alawites fear vengeance against their entire community should Assad fall, there are varying degrees of loyalty to the Assads. — Elliott Abrams

Live while you live, then die and be done with. — John Gunther

It's sometimes hard to avoid losing. Nobody's going to win all the time. — Haruki Murakami

A saguaro can fall for a snowman but where would they set up house? — Jodi Picoult

She sketched this moment into her mind, because nothing could be so perfect. Nothing could stay right, and last. — Calia Read

A child's reaction to this type of calamity is twofold and extreme. Not knowing how deeply, powerfully, life drops anchor into its vast sources of recuperation, he is bound to envisage, at once, the very worst; yet at the same time, because of his inability to imagine death, the worst remains totally unreal to him. Gerard went on repeating: "Paul's dying; Paul's going to die"' but he did not believe it. Paul's death would be part of the dream, a dream of snow, of journeying forever. — Jean Cocteau

We find our calling or it finds us, and it's a sin against the fates not to use your talent when you have it. — Erica Jong

Every single thing changes and is changing always in this world. Yet with the same light the moon goes on shining. — Saigyo

I used to come down from New Rochelle and go to Radio City. They'd have a floor show and a movie. I'm showing my age, but I saw 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and 'Broken Arrow' with Jimmy Stewart. It was a great way for a kid to see a movie. — Vincent Pastore