Swannee Quotes & Sayings

In fact, the first experiments in refrigeration were not with fish or meat but with everyone's favorite luxury - butter. — Mark Kurlansky

To paint a battle requires those mighty artists with chaos in their brush — Victor Hugo

The world is a bad place only then when you are not good. — S.M.

The technological overflow from scientific research has brought scientific research this bad name about carrying an irresponsibility and an alienation from God - because scientific research has led to things like the atom bomb, it's led to problems with depletion of ozone in the Earth's atmosphere, or at least it's revealed those problems. — George Coyne

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is. — Annie Lennox

We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible ... So we will do them anyway. — William Wilberforce

Somehow Jesus's reputation has survived all the embarrassing things that Christians have done in his name. — Shane Claiborne

You can only arrive at mastery by practicing the techniques you have learned, facing challenges and apprehending them, using to the fullest the tools you have been taught, until they shatter in your hands and you are left in the midst of wreckage absolute ... I cannot create masters. I have never known how to create masters. Go, then, and fail ... You have been shaped into something that may emerge from the wreckage, determined to remake your Art. I cannot create masters, but if you had not been taught, your chances would be less. The higher road begins after the Art seems to fail you; though the reality will be that it was you who failed your Art. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence. — Reid Hoffman

With a lot of comedies, the characters go on a journey, and they come back, and they're the exact same people. — David Walton

verb swon to swear, derivative of swannee I swan, raising kids is like being pecked to death by a chicken — Amy Metz

What's the basis when rappers don't know the basics?
Still not takin' advice from those I wouldn't trade places with. — Skeme

For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust. — Rufus Wainwright

Allowing attachments to people/things create a compulsive addiction in us to be controlling. This "control" (fueled by fear of loss) fools us into a false sense of security and love. At first glance, it is common to confuse the idea of Conscious Detachment with non-feeling or being cold, however learning this skill is a giant leap towards enlightenment. When you consciously detach from an object or a loved one, you empower them to exist at their potential. From this perspective, just being in their presence fosters feelings of love and admiration that far exceed any relationship that is limited with expectations, confinement and control — Gary Hopkins

Mother put on her serious face. "I can't stand idly by and watch the country go down the Swannee. The political arena is the only logical and reasonable course left open to any decent Irish patriot. Besides, last night the cumann nominated me to contest the seat left vacant by the death of Dinny Blackstone who has represented the area in the Dail for twenty years. Who am I to argue?"
"Sure he's been dead for at least ten years," Rory said. "It's a wonder that anyone finally noticed. — Ferdia MacAnna