Marston Bates Famous Quotes
Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
Marston Bates Quotations
I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it.
Steven Wright
"In the state of nature...all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law."
Charles de Montesquieu
"Continuous unremitting darkness has been known to send some people into an emotional tailspin, so the management here at KBHR radio suggests locking away the firearms. The desire to stick that 45 between the teeth can get pretty strong at times, so why invite temptation."
Andrew Schneider
"This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England."
William Shakespeare
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle
Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.
Kathleen Norias
"O Winter ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know."
William Cowper
Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size the everyone does not know everyone else.
Julian Jaynes
"Go ahead, kill without mercy. After all, who remembers today the Armenian Genocide"
Adolf Hitler
"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."
Emile Zola