Vesuvius Club Quotes & Sayings

But Dad said we had to try, because neither he or I could bear the thought of living the rest of our lives without her. — Jostein Gaarder

Till men are deeply humbled, they can part with Christ and Salvation for a lust, for a little wordly gain, for that which is less than nothing. But when God hath enlightened their consciences, and broken their hearts, then they would give a world for Christ. — Richard Baxter

Life is like molten glass. It flows, it's flexible, it can be molded and shaped and ... what do you say? Ah, yes. It holds vast potential. You have a number of uncertainties in your melt right now. But they will always be there in one form or another. Always. Unlike molten glass, life can't be fixed or frozen into a pretty vase and placed on a shelf to gather dust. — Maria V. Snyder

He promised all those things men promise when they are far away and can feel the phone lines stretching too tight, the wires and cables rapidly unraveling from their braids, snapping, recoiling, collapsing the poles along the way. — Salvador Plascencia

I always like to see enlightened parents like that; it gives me hope for the future. — Stephen King

I grew up Windlesham in Surrey, which is a beautiful and quaint village. — Kirsty Gallacher

I was nearly unnerved at my proximity to a nameless thing at the bottom of a pit. — H.P. Lovecraft

Big breakthrough ideas often seem nuts the first time you see them. — Marc Andreessen

If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election. — Hamilton Jordan

I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better. — Nicholas Hoult

As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism. — Mark Mothersbaugh

You ever go up to the tee and say, 'Don't hit it left, don't hit it right'? That's your conscious mind. My body knows how to play golf. I've trained it to do that. It's just a matter of keeping my conscious mind out of it. — Tiger Woods

I know what's it's like to grow up with ADHD and how important it is for parents, caregivers and patients, to have access to accurate information. — Ty Pennington

We can't change the world except insofar as we change the way we look at the world - and, in fact, any one of us can make that change, in any direction, at any moment. — Pico Iyer

Reason elevates our thoughts as high as the stars, and leads us through the vast space of this mighty fabric; yet it comes far short of the real extent of our corporeal being. — Samuel Johnson