Tarries Bides Quotes & Sayings

It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softheadedness and weakness. The oligarchical power feeds on the sense that we are all individuals, struggling on our own, and ennobled by the effort. — Charlie Pierce

The books I like the best are those
That give us more than what they say --
They simply open countless doors
Through which our thoughts can roam away. — Rebecca McCann

I'm still very close friends with his first wife, Neile, who is now remarried. — Robert Vaughn

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces. — Jose Bergamin

Where the quest for knowledge is relatively, and now almost absolutely, unrestrained, the public benefit will be great, especially where the certainty of the law ensures that knowledge is rewarded. This is exactly the combination that is the foundation of wealth-creation. — Paul Johnson

Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind. — Howard W. Hunter

In my research, all roads led back to Oscar. It's definitely in a way trying to understand the truly English element to glam-rock. It really does not come from American culture. — Todd Haynes

China and the U.S. are the two largest importers of oil. They are the two largest emitters of carbon. — Henry Paulson

Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. — Arthur Stanley Eddington

According to the historian William H. McNeil, European churches did not have pews until sometime in the eighteenth century. People stood or milled around, creating a very different dynamic than we find in today's churches, where people are expected to spend most of their time sitting. — Barbara Ehrenreich