Swicegood Paper Quotes & Sayings

One of the prime dangers of civilization has always been its tendency to cause the loss of virile fighting virtues, of the fighting edge. When men get too comfortable and lead too luxurious lives, there is always a danger lest the softness eat like an acid into their manliness of fiber. The — Theodore Roosevelt

The war came to me in my dreams and showed me its sole purpose: to go on, only to go on. — Kevin Powers

I am excessively slothful, and wonderfully industrious-by fits. There are epochs when any kind of mental exercise is torture, and when nothing yields me pleasure but the solitary communion with the 'mountains & the woods'-the 'altars' of Byron. I have thus rambled and dreamed away whole months, and awake, at last, to a sort of mania for composition. Then I scribble all day, and read all night, so long as the disease endures. — Edgar Allan Poe

I should take off this ridiculous hood so they can see my face and catch a glimpse at real perfection." (Vincent)
"Then you'd just be an enormous man with a hump and a beautiful face," Breccan said.
Vincent hissed. "And the fact remains ... you do think I'm beautiful," he said as he started to leave. — Madison Thorne Grey

If artificial selection can make such major changes in so short a period of time, what must natural selection, working over billions of years, be capable of? The answer is all the beauty and diversity of the biological world. Evolution is a fact, not a theory. — Carl Sagan

I wanted to say, 'Wait - I am not sure I want to do this - I don't know if I am ready.' I turned my head and saw him climb onto the wing and hop down onto the pavement. He didn't give me a chance to tell him I hadn't decided yet whether or not I was going to solo. Didn't he know I wasn't a real aviator? I was only a doctor, after all, and doctors weren't required to solo.
It was too late to tell him anything. I was going flying." (Page 199) — David B. Crawley

Art's for art. Money's for pizza. — Tim McGraw

Forgiveness is not an event. It is a series of decisions made over and over again. — Karen Salmansohn

Family is extremely important, and home is wherever they're waiting for you. No matter where you are, if you have great support, that's all that matters. — Sammi Hanratty

Free trade has been one of the tenets of the modern Mexican economy, and it's through competition and free trade that we will continue to advance. — Ricardo Salinas Pliego

We [No Doubt] were making music that was the opposite of grunge and what was popular on the radio, and we were fine with that. And for a garage band, we were massive! We were already successful in our own minds. — Gwen Stefani

It was easy to love your idea of someone - to fall hard for their very best self. The question was whether, once you had to spend some time living with their worst self, you could bear to be with them anymore. — Ruthie Knox

All it comes down to is this: I feel like shit but look great. — Bret Easton Ellis

Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste. — Albert Brooks