Tarkins Son Quotes & Sayings

The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that Man must go alternately from one extreme to the other. It is a shameful and even shocking fancy; it is the denial of the whole dignity of the mankind. When Man is alive he stands still. It is only when he is dead that he swings. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

I'm blessed to be in a command position in a Navy this good — Michael Mullen

Whenever you notice that voice, you will also realize that you are not the voice, but the one who is aware of it. — Eckhart Tolle

Any ham-handed idiot can make a woman scream. I prefer to assess ... responsiveness. — Cherise Sinclair

Only in a popular war against France ... do I see a misfortune. — Ferdinand Lassalle

We are trying to make up these other elements by gaining cost efficiencies through our reengineering process and through overt fund-raising activities to better support graduate education. — Charles Vest

I'd say it's okay to be political and to be a writer. Those streams can be separate, and they can be connected; for me, they're both. Life is political, and I'm interested in my community and in a lot of issues - some of them American, some global. — Rachel Kushner

She had been warned away from it her entire life, for its depth came quickly, its coldness was fierce, and the Kelpie lay in wait. — Sara Gruen

Some people say it might be good for your career to die and then come back again. I have died many ways, car crashes, motorcycle crashes, etc. But, I am still alive. — Mark-Paul Gosselaar

All the family money is for philanthropy, except for living expenses for my mother. She is 94 and isn't a big spender. — Ronnie Chan

I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps. — Rachel McAdams