Asafoetida Quotes

#1. The exposition of Atrocious Torture Instruments could not fail to appeal to a connoisseur of the worst in mankind. But the essence of the worst, the true asafoetida of the human spirit, is not found in the Iron Maiden or the whetted edge; Elemental Ugliness is found in the faces of the crowd.

Thomas Harris

#2. The warm bittersweet smell of clean Negro welcomed us as we entered the churchyard-Hearts of Love hairdressing mingled with asafoetida, snuff, Hoyt's Cologne, Brown's Mule, peppermint, and lilac talcum.

Harper Lee

#3. I think a "song" is, like, just play it on the guitar and sing it. You look out and see thousands of covers of "Animal" for example, so you think, "That was probably a pretty good song, because people feel like it's satisfying to just play it with one instrument accompanying it."

Andrew Wyatt

#4. I've been perfectly happily married for 25 years, and have a nice life. Inane things don't interest me.

Geezer Butler

#5. [When a religious couple wrote to Sagan about fulfilled prophecies, he wrote back in May 1996:]

If 'fulfilled prophecy' is your criterion, why do you not believe in materialistic science, which has an unparalleled record of fulfilled prophecy? Consider, for example, eclipses.

Carl Sagan

#6. When you're in the back of the pack, you can gamble a little bit more.

Michael Andretti

#7. The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do.

Ring Lardner

#8. A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.

Helen Dunmore

#9. You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.

Kate Millett

#10. I examine other people's characteristics, so when I'm playing characters, I don't always have to make them me; I can transform into others.

Marcia Gay Harden

#11. Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Jawaharlal Nehru

#12. If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.

J.M. Barrie

#13. My favorite look would be a fresh, dewy face with a bronze, sun-kissed glow. It looks so tropical and reminds me of a place that feels like true home.

Mya

#14. If you want a vision of the future, imagine someone watching a boot stamping on a human face - forever...and 'liking' it.

Dean Cavanagh

#15. For nursery days are gone, nightmare is
real and there are no good Fairies.
The fox's teeth are in the bunny
and nothing can remove them, honey.

Gavin Ewart

#16. The greatest writers have no purpose but to incite in the minds of each reader the highest and best thought of which they are capable.

Dee Hock

#17. There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful.

Ellis Peters