Usyd Ranking Quotes & Sayings

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. — Thomas Paine

Real art must always involve some witchcraft. — Isak Dinesen

The Playwright was excited in the way a child is excited on Christmas morning. I liked this. Most people didn't get excited about anything other than their own discontent. — Maria Dahvana Headley

The Law of the Few, ... says that one critical factor in epidemics is the nature of the messenger. — Malcolm Gladwell

No navigator has yet traced lines of latitude and longitude on the conjugal sea. — Honore De Balzac

There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower. And there is a beauty which God grants when by His grace men are born again. That kind of beauty never vanishes but blooms eternally. — Abraham Kuyper

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. — Mark Twain

I wanted to better inform the world. — Ted Turner

The overall effect of the rise of the industrial system is greatly to reduce the union as a social force. But it will not disappear or become entirely unimportant. — John Kenneth Galbraith

Being a laborer with one hand is about as useful as being a sperm donor with one nut. — Devon McCormack

The only thing lacking in any situation is our own awareness of love. — Marianne Williamson

Wearing Crocs is like getting blown by a dude. It feels great until you look down and realize you're gay. — Adam Carolla

Daisy was starting to feel like the kind of cop you only ever see in movies: tough, hard-bitten, and perfectly ready to buck the system; the kind of cop who wants to know whether or not you feel lucky or if you're interested in making his day, and particularly the kind of cop who says "I'm getting too old for this shit." She was twenty-six years old, and she wanted to tell people she was too old for this shit. She was quite aware of how ridiculous this was, thank you very much. — Neil Gaiman