Unfathomably Seven Quotes & Sayings

She came to a little wrecked pleasure-steamer, which had become embedded in the mud several summers ago and which no one had bothered to remove. It had been a vulgar, tubby little boat when it used to steam through the water with its handful of holiday-makers, giving shrill whistles at every bend and causing a wash that disturbed the fishermen as they sat peacefully on the banks; but, now it lay sideways in the mud with its gaudy paint all bleached, it was almost beautiful. — Barbara Comyns

One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it. — Nellie Melba

No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English. — Robertson Davies

To say a tiger is an "outside" animal is an understatement that is best appreciated when a tiger is inside. — John Vaillant

Both in Britain and America, huge publicity has been given to stem cells, particularly embryonic stem cells, and the potential they offer. Of course, the study of stem cells is one of the most exciting areas in biology, but I think it is unlikely that embryonic stem cells are likely to be useful in healthcare for a long time. — Robert Winston

If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the globe. — Scott Walker

To me the greatest thing that has happened on this earth of ours is the rise of the human race to the vision of God. That story of the human rise to what I call the vision of God is the story which is told in the Bible. — Jan Smuts

Of course, we could do simulations with random number generators and make statistical predictions about long-term outcomes. But suppose that what looks to us like a random event is really controlled by forces outside our perceptible sphere? — Jonathan Marks

The body releases its electricity, merges with another, and together there is something like God in this pleasure. But afterward, in the quiet redolent air, there must also be offerings of truth. And so the mystery of love deepens. — Steve Almond

Life is a series of calculated risks, James. I happen to think that this one is worth it. — Lish McBride

Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read. — E.L. Doctorow

First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites; third, give the Indian the ballot. — George Crook

Elaborate apparatus plays an important part in the science of to-day, but I sometimes wonder if we are not inclined to forget that the most important instrument in research must always be the mind of man. — William Ian Beardmore Beveridge