Fossilism Quotes

#1. The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a part of human institutions.

Walt Whitman

#2. I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

Don Henley

#3. I like music and I like ladies. I like to see them dance.

Joe Namath

#4. I am a father with young kids, and you want to know the jobs in the future are going to be there.

Gordon Brown

#5. My agent, Debbie, saying, 'Don't get involved in advertising.' She gets so many calls a day about me promoting a product, but I am really pleased I have never gone down that route. I don't want somebody else to make a saucepan with my name on it.

Delia Smith

#6. You may have to break this heart before you can use it. You may have to take it apart and start all over with me. I know it hurts to change, but I don't want to stay the same. Take me. Break me. Do whatever it takes to make me what you need me to be

Willow Aster

#7. An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare.

Glenn Ford

#8. Let's begin by taking a smallish nap or two.

A.A. Milne

#9. I was overwhelmed with messages of support I received from people around the rugby world. Sometimes you take it for granted, but I can't thank people enough for how much they supported me.

Matthew Rees

#10. Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.

Lillian Hellman

#11. He who sees his heir in his own child, carries his eye over hopes and possessions lying far beyond his gravestone, viewing his life, even here, as a period but closed with a comma. He who sees his heir in another man's child sees the full stop at the end of the sentence.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton