Ventrice Shanklin Quotes & Sayings

I'll listen, till my fancy hears
The clang of swords' the crash of spears!
These grates, these walls, shall vanish then
For the fair field of fighting men,
And my free spirit burst away,
As if it soared from battle fray. — Walter Scott

I had a bet with Gordon Kane of Michigan University that the Higgs particle wouldn't be found. — Stephen Hawking

Gussie is an orange-juice addict. He drinks nothing else.' 'I was not aware of that, sir.' 'I have it from his own lips. Whether from some hereditary taint, or because he promised his mother he wouldn't, or simply because he doesn't like the taste of the stuff, Gussie Fink-Nottle has never in the whole course of his career pushed so much as the simplest gin and tonic over the larynx — P.G. Wodehouse

Weddings are quite similar to funerals in that, apart from the main players, when it's all over, people are never quite sure what they should be doing next, which is why they see if there is any wine left. — Terry Pratchett

On the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists. — Terry Pratchett

Aloof on her mountain top she considered the innumerable activities of men. She had a wonderful sense of freedom from all earthly ties, and it was such an ecstasy that nothing in comparison with it had any value. She felt like a spirit in heaven. — W. Somerset Maugham

Oh, friend John, it is a strange world, a sad world, a world full of miseries, and woes and troubles, and yet when King Laugh come he make them all dance to the tune he play. — Bram Stoker

I do think that we are an overmedicated society. — Marcia Angell

Choosing wealth as a goal requires facing everything about your money bravely, honestly, with courage
which is a very, very hard thing for most of us to do. — Suze Orman

The gospel of grace is glad tidings of great joy to all people, not condemning, miserable, hopeless pills we can't swallow. — Paul Silway

You are where you always wanted to be; so enjoy the beauty of life. — Debasish Mridha

Atheism rises above creeds and puts Humanity upon one plane.
There can be no 'chosen people' in the Atheist philosophy.
There are no bended knees in Atheism;
No supplications, no prayers;
No sacrificial redemptions;
No 'divine' revelations;
No washing in the blood of the lamb;
No crusades, no massacres, no holy wars;
No heaven, no hell, no purgatory;
No silly rewards and no vindictive punishments;
No christs, and no saviors;
No devils, no ghosts and no gods. — Joseph Lewis