Terestibus Quotes & Sayings

I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. — Terry Pratchett

If we are wayfarers who want to return home, then we must see the world as a means of transportation (terestibus vel marinis vehiculis) and always remember to distinguish the means and ends. — Augustine Of Hippo

Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used. — Max Brooks

Just because you've reached a certain level of success, that doesn't mean you've become corrupted by the system. — Shepard Fairey

I take off my makeup with Ponds cold cream, and then I wash myself with gentle soap and water, and that's it. — China Machado

I'm very impressed by the imagery in the 'Apologia', which is a kind of sustained poem. It's not just a piece of apologetics of the sort you find in Jesuit literature: 'Why I came over', and so on. It's a tremendously rewarding book but requires perseverance on the part of the reader. — John Cornwell

If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too. — Suze Orman

What is the why behind everything you do? — Jack Canfield

One of the myths about Dad was that he was mean. That simply wasn't true. I always found him generous to a fault but he wasn't reckless with his money, which was rather rare in Hollywood. He'd grown up with nothing and he wasn't about to fritter it all away. — Jennifer Grant

Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats. — J.K. Rowling

The score is in your subconscious. Sit down long enough at a keyboard and it will come out. — Jonathan Heatt

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school. — Damian Lewis

Would she really abandon me, her own dear brother? Leave me to a fate worse than death, although certainly including it? I didn't think she would, not willingly. I took a sip of water and tried to think it through. She — Jeff Lindsay