Subsidy Checks Quotes & Sayings

And then, when I left Princeton in the middle of my sophomore year, I went into the navy. — Harry Mathews

Indeed,"wrote C. S. Lewis142, "if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. — Philip Yancey

Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting. — Ralph Chaplin

The French are so into themselves that they don't even notice you. — Bono

'Justice League' takes place in the past, and Aquaman has a lot more to prove. He's just starting out. The perception is already beginning, and all these super humans are just showing up, and here's Aquaman. The perception is, 'What's next? Now we've got a guy talking to fish. What can be next?' — Geoff Johns

Mr. Powell raised an eyebrow. 'I'm a librarian,' he said. 'I always know what I'm talking about. — Gary D. Schmidt

To grow the plants and animals that made up my meal, no pesticides found their way into any farmworker's bloodstream, no nitrogen runoff or growth hormones seeped into the watershed, no soils were poisoned, no antibiotics were squandered, no subsidy checks were written. If the high price of my all-organic meal is weighed against the comparatively low price it exacted from the larger world, as it should be, it begins to look, at least in karmic terms, like a real bargain. — Michael Pollan

A successful business is a good way to create significant wealth, but not every business will grow into a News Corporation or a McDonalds. — Paul Clitheroe

The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder.
He struck for Redwall!
He struck against evil!
He struck for Martin!
He struck for Log-a-Log and his shrews!
He struck for dead Guosim!
He struck as Methuselah would have wanted him to!
He struck against Cluny the Scourge and tyranny!
He struck out against Captain Snow's ridicule!
He struck for the world of light and freedom!
He struck until his paws ached and the sword fell from them! — Brian Jacques

manner when thou wast his butler. — Anonymous

Because every time someone finds a new animal, or a new amazing thing on earth, it means we haven't broken everything yet. — Maria Dahvana Headley

When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral. — Vincent De Paul

We're still so young and desperate for attention ... — Panic At The Disco

the most important thing was that they have an answer. A) It shows the courage to be able to address it, and B) it shows self-awareness that 'I might be top peer-rated and have this great career, but there's somebody out there, and here's what they'd probably say. . . .' They'd say I was self-serving at one time, or I appear too good on paper, or I'm lazy on these types of physical training, or whatever the case may be. Show me that, if you identify it, you're working on it. I don't care what you think about it. I just want to know that you're aware of how other people view you. — Timothy Ferriss

I expect to make big plays. And when I don't, I'm upset about it. — Drew Brees