Thickety Gunsmiths Quotes & Sayings

The principle of neighborhood at home always implies the principle of charity abroad. (pg. 260, The Idea of a Local Economy) — Wendell Berry

Sanity means the wholeness of the consciousness. And our society is only part conscious, like an idiot. — D.H. Lawrence

She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant to do. — John Steinbeck

Spirituality is not about what you know. It is about growing, deepening, evolving and becoming a living reflection of your spiritual identity. — Iyanla Vanzant

Then before he could break the moment, before he could turn away, I kissed him, and he didn't stop me. Instead, he pushed my hair out of my face, and he kissed me back, gently, sweetly, his hand slipping behind my head, his lips moving just right against mine, smooth and warm. I gripped his shirt and sighed against his mouth, and knew that as long as I lived, this would be the one perfect kiss that I'd remember forever. — Kristan Higgins

I'm blessed, because I enjoy every part of my life. I enjoy writing songs. I've been trying to write songs since I was five years old. — Smokey Robinson

As there is no pleasure in military life for a soldier who fears death, so there is no independence in civil existence for the man who has an overpowering dread of solitude. — Philip Gilbert Hamerton

It is equally unreasonable to run a university as a "participatory democracy," the approach to governance that once existed in Europe. That approach in European institutions of higher learning was appealing to professors because it was democratic. But those institutions also suffered because they lacked an executive decision-making process; making changes became virtually impossible. — Henry Rosovsky

For a man's house is his castle. — Edward Coke

I wanted to be a doctor once upon a time, but it turns out you've got to study, and that wasn't going to happen. I had no idea what I was going to do. I had trouble holding jobs because they want you to be on time. That wasn't going to work. — Bill Murray

He decided to plunge on with pardons over the department's objections, or where he knew that there would be objections if he had let career prosecutors know what he was doing. — Barbara Olson

Who do I look like, Nancy freaking Drew? — Laurie Faria Stolarz

Well, if I'm not doing it for him, then I'm doing it for me, so I can feel proud. — Charlaine Harris