Tarterets Quotes & Sayings

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity. — Jacques-Yves Cousteau

People get wisdom from thinking, not from learning ... — Laura Riding

Round the boles of the pine-wood the ground-laurel creeps, Unkissed of the sunshine, unbaptized of showers, With buds scarcely swelled, which should burst into flowers! — John Greenleaf Whittier

The Prophet database (of course, the whole IT - computer geek - world called it the For-Profit database) was well written, but all the programs the mother company tried to sell with it were garbage. — Patricia Briggs

I do not think that a flight across the Atlantic will be made in our time, and in our time I include the youngest readers. — Charles Rolls

There's nothing I wouldn't do, no matter how dirty or hard. — Lilly Ledbetter

Then in one fluid, unbelievably quick motion, he rolled off and stood. Jesus, the guy was part alien, part human, and part ninja. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

The clock would be simple if you destroyed all the wheels . . . but it would not tell the time of day. On — David McCullough

Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many diseases, including sickle cell anemia. — Nathan Deal

At ten, I couldn't articulate much but I got the message: to be a true historian, you had to mourn amply and well. (spoken by narrator Ava Bigtree in Swamplandia!) — Karen Russell

The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world. — Lee H. Hamilton

Yes... it wasn't over, it still isn't over. — Nicholas Sparks

In the daytime, when the sun is young,
My heart aches for thee.
I take a flute and blow it.
I go out wandering.
Taking a long sword,
I go away into the night;
I go away under the dark sky.
I fear nothing... — Andrew Marshall

Here and there a cygnet is reared uneasily among the ducklings in the brown pond, and never finds the living stream in fellowship with its own oary-footed kind. — George Eliot

Yes. I love you. I should have told you sooner, Lina. Not that I deserve to have your love after what I did to you. I wasn't there for you when you needed me. And I promised you I wouldn't let you down again. I'm not a guy who goes back on his promises. Can you ever forgive me for that? — Jaci Burton