Takaloo Boxer Quotes & Sayings

My life is not just about the past. — Jeannette Walls

As I've said, freedom is really an illusion. Anytime we think we have a real choice, it just means we haven't seen the shotgun aimed at our navel. — Jeff Lindsay

The essence of modernity is that progress no longer waits on genius; instead we have learned to put our faith in the organized efforts of ordinary men. Science is as old as the race, but the effective organization of science is new. Ancient science, like placer mining, was a pursuit of solitary prospectors. Nuggets of truth were found, but the total wealth of knowledge increased slowly. Modern man began to transform this world when he began to mine the hidden veins of knowledge systematically. — William Wickenden

Isn't the whole point of things - beautiful things - that they connect you to some larger beauty? Those first images that crack your heart wide open and you spend the rest of your life chasing, or trying to recapture, in one way or another? — Donna Tartt

I respect people who get nerdy as fuck about something they love — Leah Raeder

I don't fear the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks but the man who has practiced 1 kick 10,000 times! — Bruce Lee

It is the only way," Vadderung said. "If anyone managed to set free the things in the Well ... "
"Seems like it would be bad," I said.
"Not bad," Vadderung said. "The end."
"Oh," I said. "Good to know. The island didn't mention that part."
"The island cannot accept it as a possibility," Vadderung said absently.
"It should probably put its big-girl pants on, then," I said. — Jim Butcher

No great city has an abundance of parking. — Yves Engler

All that matters is me and this sweet boy who thinks I'm beautiful. — Stacey Trombley

(Theodore) Roosevelt considered his experience with 'fellow ranchmen on what was then the frontier' to be 'the most educational asset' of his entire life, instrumental to his success in becoming president. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

Men at forty Learn to close softly The doors to rooms they will not be Coming back to. — Donald Justice

It's me and you, Teacup ... nothin' else fuckin' matters right now. — Madeline Sheehan