Monkey Trial Quotes

#1. I furnished the body that was needed to sit in the defendant's chair.
[Explaining his role in the Scopes Monkey Trial.]

John T. Scopes

#2. Those words had been the bane of my childhood, a constant reminder that nothing turned out right, not just for me but for anyone, and that's why someone had invented a saying like that. So we'd all know that we'd never have what we needed.

Gillian Flynn

#3. If a man becomes more mature due to certain episodes in his life, it gives him the opportunity to look at life in a much more deep way. I believe the artist and the man work parallel, with the same feelings, the same soul, the same sensitivity.

Jose Carreras

#4. There weren't many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.

Rob Thomas

#5. A century ago, people laughed at the notion that we were descended from monkeys. Today, the individuals most offended by that claim are the monkeys.

Jacob M. Appel

#6. Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.

Blaise Pascal

#7. All that is sweet, delightful, and amiable in this world, in the serenity of the air, the fineness of seasons, the joy of light, the melody of sounds, the beauty of colors, the fragrancy of smells, the splendor of precious stones, is nothing else but Heaven breaking through the veil of this world.

William Law

#8. Seems you can't outsmart Mother Nature.

Mark Hyman

#9. Damn, woman, you feel so good.' [Master] said hoarsely

Red Phoenix