Woodpile Report Quotes & Sayings

Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap. — Hermann Hesse

I was deeply interested in the little family history which he detailed to me with all that candor which a Frenchman indulges whenever mere self is the theme. — Edgar Allan Poe

I only drive in movies. I know that's very weird to hear for an American. I have a weird relationship with it. I know how to drive, but I never went to take the test. — Penelope Cruz

If you sense that someone feels disconnected, reach out to them," the speaker urges. "buy them a soda. Compliment their new hairdo. It'll make them feel better, and you'll feel better knowing you've been a channel of grace."
Jolene leans over and whispers, "My pen is feeling disconnected. Will you be a channel of grave and get it for me?"
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Chelsea, quit picking at your scab," a girl in front of me says to her friend as we file out. "It's gross." Then she gasps in mock horror. "Or maybe it's a cry for help! Be strong, Chelsea! Stay with the living! — Lauren Myracle

It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act. — George Washington

If Mary's blood is Spanish, at least it is royal. And at least she can walk straight and has control of her bowels. — Hilary Mantel

That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that the contempt, of which vice and folly are the only proper objects, is most often unjustly bestowed upon poverty and weakness, has been the complaint of moralists in all ages. — Adam Smith

So I do have this ambivalence. Obviously I'm against militaries, because of what militaries do. In many ways though, the air force was unmilitary-like. They dropped bombs on people, but ... they had a golf course. — George Carlin

Your pants are filthy, as if you rolled in the dirt before coming here. I would expect nothing less from the boy I remember — Jennifer A. Nielsen