Terman Study Quotes & Sayings

Nature is typified by strength; humanity by weakness. Nature adheres to an immutable order; humanity to an ever-increasing chaos. Nature recognizes no equality at any level of its order; humanity preaches an all-pervasive equality and freely hands-out unearned "rights" in an attempt to make its doctrine a living reality. In short: humanity is Democratic, nature is Fascist. — Boyd Rice

I think I've got a map in my car that wants to be used, and I think there are places we can go that need to be seen. Maybe no one else will ever visit them and appreciate them or take the time to think they're important, but maybe even the smallest places mean something ... Let's go. Let's count for something. Let's get off that ledge. — Jennifer Niven

Parking in Seattle is an eight-step process. Step one, find a place to park (gooood luuuuck!). Step two, back into the angled parking space (who ever innovated that should be sentenced to the chokey). — Maria Semple

And when thoughts wiggle their way in, sometimes it can be very difficult for them to wiggle out again. — Lisa Graff

Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance. — George Bernard Shaw

Liberalism is a mental disorder. — Michael Savage

Spangling the wave with lights as vain As pleasures in the vale of pain, That dazzle as they fade. — Walter Scott

I swear, I have really tried to care about genres or categories, but I find myself sadly unable to do so. I will enjoy anything, anything, as long as it comes written in language that is personal to the point of idiosyncratic, euphonious, revealing and precise. I avoid any kind of writing that doesn't fill these requirements. I don't care which genre it belongs to. — Juan Gabriel Vasquez

I like to listen to a lot of classical music when I'm painting, the most simplistic stuff I can find. I like simple piano. — Danny Fox

Driving, for me, means power and freedom. The feeling that I can go anywhere I want at any time is exhilarating. — Lykke Li

The Air Age faces mankind with a sharp choice - the choice between Winged Peace or Winged Death. It's up to you. — Billy Bishop