Tuskless Elephants Quotes & Sayings

It is the multiplication of men who are exluded from working which provokes war. We ought at least to bear this in mind when we boast of the continual decrease in human participation in technical operations. — Jacques Ellul

The word " philosophy " carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird. — Simon Blackburn

After all, what was the whole wide world but a place for people to yearn for their heart's impossible desires, for those desires to become entrenched in defiance of logic, plausibility, and even the passage of time, as eternal as polished marble. — Richard Russo

I think worrying is a lot like chewing gum. Eventually it runs out of taste, and you've got to spit it out. — Karen White

So go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time. — Art Blakey

It's now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities as chief justice when the Supreme Court begins its new term in a matter of weeks. We call on the Senate to confirm John Roberts without delay. — Jay Alan Sekulow

A wish is an attitude of mind to which wings have been attached. You wish and you dream, and your whole nature focuses to bring your wishes and dreams to pass. — Norman Vincent Peale

Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time. — Keri Russell

I appreciate everything that I have, versus taking it for granted. — Avril Lavigne

Good afternoon, Your Honor," she said. "Thanks for doing this."
"Call me Joshua," he replied. "Unless we meet in the courtroom."
"Or Sir," Connor added.
She looked between them. "You're a Dom, too? How many of you are there?"
"It's not like we're werewolves or something," Connor protested.
"Werewolves only get randy around the full moon. — Sierra Cartwright

Famous people are deceptive. Deep down, they're just regular people. Like Larry King. We've been friends for forty years. He's one of the few guys I know who's really famous. One minute he's talking to the president on his cell phone, and then the next minute he's saying to me, 'Do you think we ought to give the waiter another dollar?' — Don Rickles

Selling records is fantastic. But if you're not loving what you do, and if everybody is throwing knives at you, it can get old very fast. — Wes Borland

So it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they produce, and the loneliness we see in them is partly in ourselves. — Pico Iyer