Sysan Quotes & Sayings

True, This! -
Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold
The arch-enchanters wand! - itself is nothing! -
But taking sorcery from the master-hand
To paralyse the Caesars, and to strike
The loud earth breathless! - Take away the sword -
States can be saved without it! — Edward Bulwer-Lytton

As a kid at the World's Fair in 1965, I missed seeing the big global population clock roll over from 2,999,999,999 to 3 billion - I was really disappointed. — Bill Nye

why do people always say they could get hit by a bus? Like life is just one big game of Frogger and people are getting struck left and right by dangerous city transport. — Colleen Oakley

Obviously plastics have served very important purposes and been incredibly convenient but as we begin to witness the long-term consequences of the chemical components leaching into our water and our bodies, we're going to be forced to look for alternatives to how we package goods and food. — Edward Norton

The photographer will never replace the painter; one is a man, the other a machine. Let us compare them no longer. (1848) — Alphonse De Lamartine

Out of 135 criminals, including robbers and rapists, 118 admitted that when they were children they burned, hanged and stabbed domestic animals. — George W. Bush

I put the sweat of my life into this project, and if it's a failure, I'll leave the country and never come back. — Howard Hughes

There isn't much political coloration in my economic writing; it's not surprising that few people know my political views. They really aren't very important. — Christopher A. Sims

Scarcely anyone who comprehends this theory can escape its magic. — Albert Einstein

Shooting is my principal pastime. — William S. Burroughs

I want you more than
I've wanted anything in my life
and that frustrates the shit out of me
because you either can't or won't see it. — Harper Sloan

I'd never exactly wanted a reputation - frankly, I'd spent most of my life just trying to fade into the background of almost every situation I was in - but I'd apparently, despite my best efforts, secured one for myself. Fortitude Scott - Holy Shit, We're Glad You're Not Your Sister. — M.L. Brennan

Even if you persuade me, you won't persuade me. — Aristophanes

There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it. — Iain Banks