Wittering Quotes & Sayings

The occurrence of a highly improbable event is the equivalent of the nonoccurrence of a highly probable one — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Well, we can't afford blindness anymore. There are tens of thousands of thugs who loathe liberty and love death, and want to annihilate Western civilization. — Tony Snow

A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run. — Francis Collins

Virgina Woolf versus Edward Lear."
"Christ Alive," said Billy. "Are those my only choices?"
"I went for Lear," said Leon. "Partly out of fidelity to the letter L. Partly because given the choice between nonsense and boojy wittering you blatantly have to choose nonsense. — China Mieville

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. — Herman Melville

The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased. — Ovid

Havana is like Beirut, without having gone through the civil war to achieve the destruction. — Theodore Dalrymple

Unfortunately I'm not a smoker, so cigars have never been a part of my agenda. — Bobby Sherman

The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law. — William Joyce

No whimpering, madam! You can't have the joys of motherhood without some of its pangs! Think of your blessings, and don't be a coward! - — Kate Douglas Wiggin

If I have one special memory, it was when we recreated the trial of the Chicago Seven - and I'd known about it before - but this was a pivotal moment in my life. If my father had been found guilty of conspiracy, I wouldn't be here. — Troy Garity

We do not hold that doctrine gives rise to awakening but rather that the individual awakenings come first. — Haruki Murakami

When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off. — Ace Frehley

The social custom of calling on people when they are unwell has always mystified me. By definition, you're not feeling or looking your best. Why on earth do people assume you might want visitors? — Mary Louise Kelly

I've been an idiot to think that real life could have a happy ending — Jodi Picoult