Hursthouse Quotes

#1. The poor, I am told, are kind to each other but that is because they have nothing to lose,' he said. 'The rich cannot afford to be.

M.R.C. Kasasian

#2. I have read of the great wars of ages past, and men slaughtered by the tens of thousands. And we give but fleeting consideration to their deaths, for it is our nature to banish such thoughts.

Seth Grahame-Smith

#3. I said: "You don't want to pick a fight with me, Mimi."
She looked at me as if she were going to say I love you, and asked: "Is that a threat?

Dashiell Hammett

#4. Why is it we are always the targets of the angry Fates? Twice as many men of ours met harm as did theirs, since we've come here.

Janet Morris

#5. I'm not a criminal madman,' said Vimes. ( ... )
'Never mind, you'll soon fit in,' said Lawn.

Terry Pratchett

#6. I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

Francis Chan

#7. When my own son is going through what he goes through, coming back, I can certainly relate with other families, who kind of fill these ramifications of some PTSD.

Sarah Palin

#8. Was none who would be foremost
To lead such dire attack;
But those behind cried "Forward!"
And those before cried "Back!

Thomas B. Macaulay

#9. When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.

Aaron Neville

#10. My mind and gut are never simpatico: Every time I think somebody likes me, she doesn't; every time I think somebody doesn't like me, she does. This has never changed and I'm certain it never will.

Chuck Klosterman