Systema Quotes & Sayings

We are all #humans and we all make #mistakes. We #hurt people even if we don't want to. — Jhumpa Lahiri

He talks like he's living in Plato's Republic, not Romulus's shit-hole. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Holy shit! Where's a cell phone camera when you need one? — Simone Elkeles

Weed, are you familiar with the work of Carl Linnaeus? His Systema Naturae describes a classification system for all growing things."
Weed's eyes dart everywhere, probing every corner. "Unless he visited the madhouse, I never met him," he replies. — Maryrose Wood

He thought about himself, and the whole Earth,
Of Man the wonderful, and of the Stars,
And how the deuce they ever could have birth;
And then he thought of Earthquakes, and of Wars,
How many miles the Moon might have in girth,
Of Air-balloons, and of the many bars
To perfect Knowledge of the boundless Skies;
And then he thought of Donna Julia's eyes. — George Gordon Byron

I want people to see an honesty within me. I'm not trying to be the next Sam Cooke or Otis Redding. — Leon Bridges

All the faces on the photographs have changed,
To not confuse it all, the names remain the same — Antimatter

It was like the time he'd failed algebra and felt so relieved, so free: failure was definite, a certainty, and there is always peace in certainties. — Truman Capote

In the final analysis the hierarchic pattern is nothing like the straightforward witness for organic evolution that is commonly assumed. There are facets of the hierarchy which do not flow naturally from any sort of random undirected evolutionary process. If the hierarchy suggests any model of nature it is typology and not evolution. How much easier it would be to argue the case for evolution if all nature's divisions were blurred and indistinct, if the systema naturalae was largely made up of overlapping classes indicative of sequence and continuity. — Michael Denton

We stand for the segregation of the races and the racial integrity of each race. — Strom Thurmond

I definitely admire Blair Walsh the most. He's actually a pretty close friend of mine. Just how he went through his senior year at Georgia, I kind of went through the same struggles. He's been able to coach me through everything and help me. Everyone is there for a reason, and they're all great. On and off the field, there's a reason they're there. — Kyle Brindza

The most powerful State in the world, which up to now was relatively protected from terrorist violence, is no longer an inviolable sanctuary. — Omar Bongo

I'm going to hit you as hard as I can regardless of whether you touch my gloves or not. — Holly Holm

What else can I say?
You will only hear
what you are ready to hear.
Don't nod your head,
Don't try to fool me
the truth of what you see
is written all over your face! — Rumi

So, Lord Auditor Coz. Did you find some fun?

Do I look cheerful?

More like manic.

It's a joy, Ivan, an absolute joy. The ImpSec internal Security system is lying to me. — Lois McMaster Bujold