Supervening Quotes & Sayings

I don't compromise. I only do the stuff I want to do. — Sarah Silverman

The first story is all about the president washing his piano. At least I'm pretty sure that's what presidente and lavoro pieno must mean — Sophie Kinsella

An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys. — Vida Dutton Scudder

If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances. — Albert Einstein

I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated. — Nancy Reagan

I never saw men act with such ignorance, violence and self-serving malice as when energised by a just cause. — Joe Abercrombie

Biology is a science of three dimensions. The first is the study of each species across all levels of biological organization, molecule to cell to organism to population to ecosystem. The second dimension is the diversity of all species in the biosphere. The third dimension is the history of each species in turn, comprising both its genetic evolution and the environmental change that drove the evolution. Biology, by growing in all three dimensions, is progressing toward unification and will continue to do so. — E. O. Wilson

There are other things I want to focus on rather than staying in shape. — Lily James

I used to love playing football in high school. I played with the same guys for 10 years. — Mickey Rourke

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better. — Steven Pressfield

Many critics see international trade as a form of cultural imperialism that must be strictly controlled. — Robert Gilpin

Every effective drug provokes in the human body a sort of disease of its own, and the stronger the drug, the more characteristic, and the more marked and more violent the disease. We should imitate nature, which sometimes cures a chronic affliction with another supervening disease, and prescribe for the illness we wish to cure, especially if chronic, a drug with power to provoke another, artificial disease, as similar as possible, and the former disease will be cured: fight like with like. — Samuel Hahnemann

I've always been mad about cats. — Vivien Leigh

When he counted his change, he found only coins from the year he was born. — Lev Grossman