Tonrak Quotes & Sayings

Skipped off the gunrest and looked gravely at his watcher, gathering about his legs the loose folds of his — James Joyce

Brewing is mentioned rarely in accounts of the Industrial Revolution. Temperance pressures meant it was impolitic for brewers to boast of their achievements and innovations, and few accurate records exist of exactly how it performed in the 19th Century compared to those glamorous, sexy industries like coal mining and steel making. — Peter Brown

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it. — Theodor Adorno

When I was a tadpole and you were a fish
In the Paleozoic time,
And side by side on the ebbing tide,
We sprawled through the ooze and slime,
Or skittered with many a caudal flip,
Through the depths of the Cambrian fen,
My heart was rife with the joy of life,
For I loved you even then.

Mindless we lived and mindless we loved,
And mindless at last we died,
And deep in a rift of the caradoc drift,
We slumbered side by side,
The world turned on in the lathe of time,
The hot lands heaved amain,
Till we caught our breath from the womb of death,
And crept into light again. — Langdon Smith

The first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection. — Bjarne Stroustrup

She'd done the right thing in God's eyes. That's all that mattered. — Ann Shorey

It is perfectly possible to believe two contradictory things at one and the same time - that is one of the brilliant faculties of the human mind. — Simon Mawer

The head does not know how to play the part of the heart for long. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Only God can thwart the plans of Satan and his legions. — Billy Graham

Taking care of yourself is the most powerful way to begin to take care of others. — Bryant McGill