Eviscerates Forms Quotes

#1. That it is a solecism to begin a sentence with 'and' is a faintly lingering superstition. The OED gives examples ranging from the 10th to the 19th c.; the Bible is full of them.

Ernest Gowers

#2. The first idea, the first art piece I ever did, was when I was four. I cut the seed of a pear in half and the seed of an apple in half in put those two halves together and planted the seed, hoping a very strange tree might grow. And I never stopped.

Yoko Ono

#3. High above the earth Celandine soared filled with the peculiar joy that only Halloween could bring. It was the time of year that witches were at their most powerful; when

Hal L. O'ween

#4. I went to a record store, they said they specialized in hard-to-find records. NOTHING WAS ALPHABETIZED!

Mitch Hedberg

#5. The Cylons are such a frightening concept - not knowing who is real. No way.

Mary McDonnell

#6. I forgot how to throw a boomerang, but then it came back to me.

Hank Green

#7. Well, I'll tell you, Mr. Graff-'
'Not Graff,' the big man snapped, looking annoyed. 'The name is Garff-Garff!'
'Say, that's good,' the hunter said. 'Garff-Garff- that's even better than bow-wow. Do you know any other animal imitations?

Joe Millard

#8. When we pray and meditate sincerely and soulfully, we receive an open-hearted invitation from heaven.

Sri Chinmoy

#9. In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work.

Carl Sagan

#10. It was awkward, revisiting a world you have never seen before: like coming home, after a long journey, to someone else's house.

Umberto Eco

#11. There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn right; go through any door that you're not supposed to enter. It's the only way to fight your way through to any kind of authentic feeling in a world beset by fakery.

Malcolm McLaren

#12. There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States.

Woodrow Wilson

#13. I'm chasing a decade old ghost. Searching beneath the rafters of a cobweb-filled haven lined with old memories which my brain cannot accept are dead. The light of nostalgia is burning bright inside my heart. Ignoring the emptiness around me, and hoping for a resurrection of love.

LeAnne Mechelle

#14. Funny how the stupid shit we do for those we love hardens into legend.

Taylor Adams

#15. Medicine was just another a tool you could try, no different from a healing ritual or a family remedy and no more effective.

Atul Gawande