Wendelboe Post Quotes & Sayings

And although I have seen nothing but black crows in my life, it doesn't mean that there's no such thing as a white crow. Both for a philosopher and for a scientist it can be important not to reject the possibility of finding a white crow. You might almost say that hunting for 'the white crow' is science's principal task. — Jostein Gaarder

We love we know not what, and therefore everything allures us. — Thomas Traherne

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love. — Henry Miller

Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. — Samuel Johnson

I didn't know if his art was helping. But Moses's pictures were like that, glorious and terrible. Glorious because they brought memory to life, terrible for the same reason.
Time softens memories, sanding down the rough edges of death.
But Moses's pictures dripped with life and reminded us of our loss. — Amy Harmon

It seems when Opportunity knocks, Fate shows up to open the door. — Anthony Liccione

Wow. So you didn't expect it?"
"No. Not at all."
"Were you like, 'Fuck! — Sophie Kinsella

Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Often if you don't speak up, whatever you thought was stupid to say some man would say and then everyone would say 'as he said'. — Madeleine Albright

When I played doctor I played to win. — Joey Comeau

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched. — Roger Kahn

I wouldn't throw that cat out of bed.
When did you get a cat? — Lesley Kagen

The outer garments of to-day will become the under-clothes of some destined to-morrow, and centuries hence a man found walking on the public highways dressed as you are will be arrested by the police for shocking the sense of propriety of the community, and so on. It will go on and on until you will find human beings everywhere decked out in layer after layer of clothes until he or she has lost all semblance to that beautiful thing that an all-wise Providence has designed us to be. — John Kendrick Bangs

Achievement and fearfulness can't stay together. — Tarang Sinha

I loved history, particularly of the British, American and Old Testament kind. — Luke Ford