Turtleweed Quotes & Sayings

To stop short in any research that bids fair to widen the gates of knowledge, to recoil from fear of difficulty or adverse criticism, is to bring reproach on science. There is nothing for the investigator to do but go straight on, 'to explore up and down, inch by inch, with the taper his reason;' to follow the light wherever it may lead, even should it at times resemble a will-o'-the-wisp. — William Crookes

At your weakest, you end up showing more strength; at your lowest, you are suddenly lifted higher than you've ever been. They all border one another, these opposites and show how quickly we can be altered. — Cecelia Ahern

These are people who consciously choose failure in order to preserve their own sense of integrity. They are more elitist than mere snobs, because of their high standards. — Azar Nafisi

Intense desire not only creates its own possibilities, but its own talents. Don't be afraid to do something just because it's impossible. — Kobi Yamada

I don't ask you to love me always like this but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside of me there will always be the person I am tonight. — F Scott Fitzgerald

The next chamber is full of songbirds, if I remember right. Their music is like turtleweed. It will put you to sleep if you listen to it. They sleep most of the time, so the best thing is to pass through without waking them up. If they do awaken, then you must sing loud enough to drown out their music."
"Great," Han said. "Whose idea was that?"
"It seemed like a good idea at the time," Crow said. "I was an excellent singer. — Cinda Williams Chima

...whom I have loved
With such communion, that no place on earth
Can ever be a solitude to me — William Wordsworth

I like music a lot. — Usain Bolt

It is very currently suggested that the modern man is the heir of all the ages, that he has got the good out of these successive human experiments. I know not what to say in answer to this, except to ask the reader to look at the modern man, as I have just looked at the modern man - in the looking-glass. Is it really true that you and I are two starry towers built up of all the most towering visions of the past? — G.K. Chesterton

The Blessed will see their friends and relations among the damned as often as they like but without the least of compassion. — Gerhard

I look for challenges to keep me going. — Paul Pierce

For a merely conscious being, death is the cessation of experiences, in much the same way that birth is the beginning of experiences. Death cannot be contrary to an interest in continued life any more than birth could be in accordance with an interest in commencing life. To this extent, with merely conscious beings, birth and death cancel each other out; whereas with self-aware beings, the fact that one may desire to continue living means that death inflicts a loss for which the birth of another is insufficient compensation. — Peter Singer