Timnah Quotes & Sayings

The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts. — Rita Mae Brown

Life would pall if it were all sugar; salt is bitter if taken by itself; but when tasted as part of the dish, it savours the meat. Difficulties are the salt of life. — Robert Baden-Powell

There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning. — Joseph Addison

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel. — E.B. White

'Wingnuts' is the first book bearing the imprint of Beast Books. — Tina Brown

Science usually operates in sort of three modes, things that are well established, we know what we're talking about, more highly confident. There are competing explanations, we have a pretty good idea, but we're not sure. And then things are speculative. — Stephen Schneider

All special charters of freedom must be abrogated where the universal law of freedom is to flourish. — Heinrich Heine

I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios. — Skitch Henderson

I'm glad the President finally found an economic development program. I'm just sad that it's only in Baghdad. — John F. Kerry

I love those who yearn for the impossible. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Don't write your child's pages. Turn them with love. — Mark Andrew Poe

I don't know that it had anything to do with us, my father said. But how could it have not? Doesn't the blood of every suicide splash back on our faces? — David Sedaris

Some people have different ways than yours of having fun. You can't judge 'em, you can't dismiss 'em, and you can't say, 'what an idiot, what a food.' You just have to accept their truth of
their harmony with what they wanna do in their heart. As long as it's not hurting anyone. — Gary Busey

And I realize I've been betrayed by the two vices that fiction promised me I'd adore. Sal Paradise held up bottles of booze like a housewife in a detergent commercial. Holden Caulfield reached for his cigarettes like an act of faith. Even Huckleberry Finn tapped on his pipe with relief and satisfaction. If sex turns out to be this bad, I'm never reading again. — Craig Silvey