Tallept Quotes & Sayings

If thou art rich, then show the greatness of thy fortune; or what is better, the greatness of thy soul, in the meekness of thy conversation; condescend to men of low estate, support the distressed, and patronize the neglected. Be great. — Laurence Sterne

All meaning alters with acceleration, because all patterns of personal and political interdependence change with any acceleration of information. — Marshall McLuhan

They should."
"Should be like a wood bee," she said.
It was a private joke, a mocking appreciation of the slipperiness of even the simplest hope, a nonce catchphrase like so many others lifted from favorite movies or TV shows that served as a rote substitute for conversation and bound them like shut-in twins, each other's best and, most often, only audience. — Stewart O'Nan

Religious phenomena are naturally arranged in two fundamental categories: beliefs and rites. The first are states of opinion, and consist in representations; the second are determined modes of action. — Emile Durkheim

Simple. If something's out of my hands, I don't worry about it. — Christy Barritt

All of us, no matter how we look born into this world, feel something like the Hunchback. It doesn't matter if you have a beautiful face or not. — Ray Bradbury

I may be crucified for my beliefs and, if I am, you can say, He died to make men free. — Martin Luther King Jr.

There is no moral to my song,
I praise no right, I blame no wrong;
I tell of things that I have seen,
I show the man that I have been
As simply as a poet can
Who knows himself poet and man. — Thomas MacDonagh

I am a simple man and I want simple answers. — Howard Aiken

Imagine the choices you'd make if you had no fear-of falling, of losing, of being alone, of disapproval. — Martha Beck

You did not rise in the ships just through your ability to Weave the Winds or predict the weather or fix a position. You needed to read the intent that lay between the words of your orders, to interpret small gestures and facial expressions; you had to notice who deferred to whom, even subtly, for courage and ability alone took you only so high. — Robert Jordan

It is foolish to regret anything form one's past. — Mary Balogh