Covariant Quotes

#1. The general laws of nature are to be expressed by equations that hold true for all systems of coordinates, that is they are covariant with respect to any substitutions whatever."85 Einstein

Walter Isaacson

#2. But Palm Sunday tells us that ... it is the cross that is the true tree of life.

Pope Benedict XVI

#3. A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that are inexcusable and are an expression of opportunism and treachery.

Vladimir Lenin

#4. Life is like walking along a crowded street
there always seem to be fewer obstacles to getting along on the opposite pavement
and yet, if one crosses over, matters are rarely mended.

Thomas Huxley

#5. And those who say, "I'll try anything once," often try nothing twice, three times, arriving late at the gate of dreams worth dying for.

Carl Sandburg

#6. Main Street is as dead as ever. There's a blinding white light at the water-tower end of it and Jesus standing in the centre of it in a pale blue robe with his arms out, palms up, like he's saying how the hell would I know? I'm just a carpenter.

Miriam Toews

#7. Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.

Taylor Caldwell

#8. The whole universe was crazy and cock-eyed and extremely strange.

Jack Kerouac

#9. You don't win 114 games by being lucky.

Mike Hargrove

#10. The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ.

John Piper

#11. To wake up one morning and feel that I was a last a grown-up person, emptied of resentment, vengeful thoughts and other wasteful childish emotions. To find myself, in other words, an adult.
Truman Capote

Truman Capote

#12. My doors enter from the sidestreet,
my windows painted basement black,
my mouth kisses the blues harp,
my heart hides like notes
locked in a cedar chest.

Yusef Komunyakaa

#13. Last time I really got to know myself it turned out there was a whole gang of bitches in there to deal with. I felt like the receptionist at a rehab center. They all had nice tits though, I gotta say.

Christopher Moore

#14. If you don't want to keep him, then pretend he's a book. Enjoy him for two weeks, then return him

Shannon Stacey