What an odd, ruminating, noisy, self-interrupting conversation we conduct with ourselves from birth to death. – Diane Ackerman, An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are kept ready-made-up in the chemists’ shops, and which often save the framing of a distinct Prescription. – Richard Whately, Elements of Rhetoric
You know, Ive carried a weapon for 10 years, never shot anybody, never robbed anybody. It has saved my life twice, but I know theyre not toys. I practice with firearms, I enjoy shooting, its a hobby of mine and I have a healthy respect for them. – Luke Scott
Im a believer in belief. Faith is something that works – it causes people to do things, it has results. Its an intangible, indefinable, very real thing. And it moves people, sometimes to atrocity. And sometimes to survival. – Tommy Lee Jones
I doubt whether Cromwell or Milton could have rivaled [William Lloyd] Garrison in this field of quotation; and the power of quotation is as dreadful a weapon as any which the human intellect can forge. – John Jay Chapman
