Willcocks Descant Quotes & Sayings

Do you really want to know where we come from?" she said. "In every century, in every country, they'll call us something different. They'll say we're ghosts, angels, demons, elemental spirits, and giving us a name doesn't help anybody. When did a name change what someone is? — Brenna Yovanoff

One of the side effects of growing up is seeing things in a different light. — Alexandra Monir

One buzzphrase that arose was 'sustainable development', which was used in two very different senses by opposing groups, because it left vague by what metric sustainability might be measured. Environmental groups meant by 'sustainability' a holistic approach by which life as we know it might be sustained. Scientists talked about 'sustainable cities' to mean cities that would not be destroyed by flooding in the wake of global warming. But to others, 'sustainable' meant a financial approach by which the oil industry as we know it might be sustained: sustainability was the minimum amount of environmental care that was affordable by those whose activities harmed the environment. — Steven Poole

Let the whole world hear that we reject America. No, no to the occupier. — Muqtada Al Sadr

My mother used to say that sometimes if you turn a tragedy over in your hand, you can see a miracle running through it, like fool's gold in the hardest shard of rock. — Jodi Picoult

You ever read an article, and at the bottom, it says, 'Continued on page six'? I'm , 'Not for me. I'm done.' — Jim Gaffigan

Those mountains to the right," Waxillium said, pointing. "Those are some taller peaks than the ones we've been passing."
"Yah!" Allik said. "Good eye, O Observan - "
"Stop with the titles."
"Yes, um, O Confusing ... er ... " Allik took a deep breath. — Brandon Sanderson

I'm a tomboy. I love shooting guns and running around. — Eva Longoria

Feeling like she really was just seven or eight, Claire sat down on the floor, books all around her, and she opened the last one she'd picked up. Even though it was dark, and even though her eyes couldn't see the words, she knew them.

Knew the little prince's story as well as her own.

She closed her eyes. She leaned her head forward against the book. And she sobbed. — Jennifer Lynn Barnes

I learned how to draw from being bored in school. I would doodle on the margins of my paper. — Kevin Nealon

I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea
do I have to choose between the two? — David Byrne

I wanted a literate, socially intricate, and cosmopolitan world - something I could have fun destroying. — R. Scott Bakker

A person with a victim complex loses on constant complaints and objections — Sunday Adelaja