Oakleaf Town Quotes

#1. We survived the Shaping Sickness. Forerunners hoped to learn the secret of how we survived the Shaping Sickness, but we would not give it to them, even under torture!

Greg Bear

#2. I think it's a relatable concept - when you have a long-term relationship or marriage, and you want to try to be friends with that person, because you kind of grew up with that person and they know you better than anyone, and how it's just impossible to make that transition seamlessly.

Rashida Jones

#3. The oak ... has not the efficacy of the fir , nor the cypress that of the elm .

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

#4. I always say that it's not really been a good day if you haven't caused a major diplomatic incident by lunchtime,' Otto said with a grin.

Mark Walden

#5. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.

Erma Bombeck

#6. In place of philosophy, which involves developing a system of belief based on questioning and reasoning, many of our modern leaders have embraced ideology, which is based on having a system of beliefs essentially stripped of the questions.

David Rothkopf

#7. There is no such thing as political science, but there are tenancies so strong that they might as well be called laws of nature.

Jeff Greenfield

#8. I loved Charlotte Bronte when I was little, and I wanted to be Charlotte Bronte the way people want to be a princess.

Jamaica Kincaid