Tricks Men Play Quotes & Sayings

THE SHADOWS Table of Contents Old Ralph Rinkelmann made his living by comic sketches, and all but lost it again by tragic poems. So he was just the man to be chosen king of the fairies, for in Fairyland the sovereignty is elective. It is no doubt very strange that fairies should desire to have a mortal king; but the fact is, that with all their knowledge and power, they cannot get rid of the feeling that some men are greater than they are, though they can neither fly nor play tricks. So at such times as there happens to be twice the usual number of sensible electors, such a man as Ralph Rinkelmann gets to be chosen. They — George MacDonald

There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it. — Hari Kunzru

Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them. — Mickey Mantle

Out of darkness shine the stars. — J. Guenther

A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot. — William Randolph Hearst

By the supernatural miracle of God's grace I stand justified, not because I am sorry for my sin, not because I have repented, but because of what Jesus has done. — Oswald Chambers

The weapon of criticism cannot, of course, replace criticism of the weapon, material force must be overthrown by material force; but theory also becomes a material force as soon as it has gripped the masses. Theory is capable of gripping the masses as soon as it demonstrates ad hominem, and it demonstrates ad hominem as soon as it becomes radical. To be radical is to grasp the root of the matter. But, for man, the root is man himself. — Karl Marx

Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at all. — Stephen Leacock

You've got to be picky in this business - if you're not, then I don't think you have the option of longevity. You've got to be choosy and try and do something that's outside of the box and dangerous. I love doing stuff that excites me, gives me that adrenalin rush. — Aaron Paul

[On marriage and permanent attachment:]
Well, well
the prizes all go to the women who 'play their cards well'
but if they can only be won in that way, I would rather lose the game ... [C]lever [women] bide their time
make themselves indispensable first, and then se font prier [=play hard to get]. Clever
but I can't do it. — Dorothy L. Sayers

Tithing is not a matter of money, really; it is a matter of faith - faith in the Lord. He promises blessings if we obey His commandments. — Carl B. Pratt

Great men do not play stage tricks with the doctrines of life and death: only little men do that. — John Ruskin