Torment Crossword Quotes & Sayings

Live life;
love reading! — Michele Cameron

Better not perceive yourselves too high, O humans.
We only value mankind as our experimentation object. — Toba Beta

I wish- I wish I could dry these tears, I wish I could make this better for you. But I don't know how. — Juliet Marillier

Another factor: Christianity offered opportunities for advancement in the church to intelligent young men, some of whom might otherwise have become mathematicians or scientists. Bishops and presbyters were generally exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts, and from taxation. A bishop such as Cyril of Alexandria or Ambrose of Milan could exercise considerable political power, much more than a scholar at the Museum in Alexandria or the Academy in Athens. This was something new. Under paganism religious offices had gone to men of wealth or political power, rather than wealth and power going to men of religion. For instance, Julius Caesar and his successors won the office of supreme pontiff, not as a recognition of piety or learning, but as a consequence of their political power. — Steven Weinberg

I don't care what you Yanks say, cheese should not whiz. — Janette Rallison

At fancy and expensive restaurants (say, $50 and up for a dinner), you can follow a simple procedure to choose the best meal. Look at the menu and ask yourself: 'Which of these items do I least want to order?' Or: 'Which one sounds the least appetizing?' Then order that item. — Tyler Cowen

I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion. — Idi Amin

Grown men do not need leaders. — Edward Abbey

A pard-like spirit, beautiful and swift. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Tragedy is the price of glory. — Dominique Venner

Continuing advances in stem cell medicine will change all of our lives for the better. — Peter Jackson

We should take care, in inculcating patriotism into our boys and girls, that is a patriotism above the narrow sentiment which usually stops at one's country, and thus inspires jealousy and enmity in dealing with others ... Our patriotism should be of the wider, nobler kind which recognises justice and reasonableness in the claims of others and which lead our country into comradeship with ... the other nations of the world. — Robert Baden-Powell

The chimpanzees taught me a lot about nonverbal communication. The big difference between them and us is that they don't have spoken language. Everything else is almost the same: Kissing, embracing, swaggering, shaking the fist. — Jane Goodall