Withey And Co Quotes & Sayings

Art is a staple of mankind ... So urgent, so utterly linked with the pulse of feeling that it becomes the singular sign of life when every other aspect of civilization fails. — Jamake Highwater

The world, in truth, is a wedding. — Erving Goffman

What most upset her, was the widespread use of slave labor. ...It is true Republicanism that drives the slaves half fed, and destitute of clothing...to labor...while the owner walks about idle...white men considered idleness a virtue even if they owned only one slave or none. No white man would do work considered too menial for his race. — Lynne Withey

The human mind is like that monkey, incessantly active by its own nature; then it becomes drunk with the wine of desire, thus increasing its turbulence. After desire takes possession comes the sting of the scorpion of jealousy at the success of others, and last of all the demon of pride enters the mind, making it think itself of all importance. — Swami Vivekananda

I want my gun back," she said. "Why do you want your gun back?" "So I can shoot you." "Then you're definitely not getting your gun back. — Rick Yancey

These arent your mother's zombies! — Joe McKinney

A candidate is a person who gets money from the rich and votes from the poor to protect them from each other. — Stanislaw Lem

If I'm going to be rejected, I'd like it to come complete with humiliation. — Katja Millay

and we both know how beautiful the book will be, how clearly it will speak to something within us - some previously unarticulated thought or reflection that, once recognized, we will never want to be without again. — Julie Schumacher

When you compete against yourself, you both win. — Frank Sonnenberg

They were very scary times [1982], Midge Ure dancing with tears in his eyes. That German girl with the hairy arm pits singing about 99 red balloons. — Kate Harrison

Eating Fire
Eating fire
is your ambition:
to swallow the flame down
take it into your mouth
and shoot it forth, a shout or an incandescent
tongue, a word
exploding from you in gold, crimson,
unrolling in a brilliant scroll
To be lit up from within
vein by vein
To be the sun — Margaret Atwood

APPEAL TO EMOTION Informal Proponent A argues for or against conclusion P by invoking the emotional effects of P. Arguing for the conclusion of an argument by appealing to the emotions of the audience, rather than addressing the matter at hand. — Michael Withey

The concept of an inactive church member is an oxymoron. Biblically, no such church member really exists. — Thom S. Rainer

Never forget that it is not a pneumonia, but pneumonic man who is your patient — William Withey Gull

You can be serious without a suit — Larry Page

Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests. — Louis Farrakhan