Trowels And Floats Quotes & Sayings

Passions unguided are for the most part mere madness. — Thomas Hobbes

When a new object emerges that satisfies the same purpose as an older one, the older one falls into obsolescence. — Koji Suzuki

In the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic papacy developed into an abusive, corrupt, autocratic, totalitarian system by claiming apostolic authority through a supposed line of succession back to Peter. — John F. MacArthur Jr.

The sweets we wish for, turn to loathed sours,
Even in the moment that we call them ours. — William Shakespeare

...best intentions notwithstanding, no one can control how the media communicates a story and what the public eventually understands. — Alexandra Zapruder

I grew up in a little town in Minnesota, 500 people. I went out to Princeton, and I wasn't very well-accepted out there by the fancy folks of Princeton University, I felt. I came away bruised and feeling rejected. — Walter Kirn

The show with Buckley and Vidal was happening live. There was no editing. There was no delay. So they were aghast. How America reacted is sort of the most interesting thing because as these debates progressed, the ratings were going up. So people began to program these sort of point-counterpoint setups, where two people with opposite sides would come on. — Morgan Neville

Fanny Assingham had at this moment the sense as of a large heaped dish presented to her intelligence and inviting it to a feast
so thick were the notes of intention in this remarkable speech. — Henry James