Plods Along The Road Quotes

#1. What was independence but a word? What did any form of government matter? Freedom: to do what?

Patrick O'Brian

#2. A Leaf Man's got to go where the wind blows.

Lois Ehlert

#3. in the Quran, chapter 2, verse 256 that states: "There is no compulsion in religion -- the right way is indeed clearly distinct from error. So whoever disbelieves in the devil and believes in God, he indeed lays hold on the firmest handle which shall never break. And God is Hearing, Knowing.

Angela Walden

#4. I am always loath to use the world 'evil,' but if 'evil' is the reverse of 'live,' Guy de Rothschild is thoroughly evil. He stands for the opposite of life.

David Icke

#5. Well, I guess we're off, like a herd of mad turtles as my dad used to say.

Margaret Weis

#6. I wasn't taken to anywhere I would have gone if I was alone.

Ryan Gander

#7. Prometheus, I have no Titan's might,
Yet I, too, must each dusk renew my heart,
For daytime's vulture talons tear apart
The tender alcoves built by love at night.

Philip Jose Farmer

#8. I'll always have a baby face.

Tracey Gold

#9. Soups challenge us, because an enticing flavorful stew can be as different from the thin watery beverage sometimes erroneously called soup as a genuine green turtle is from the mock turtle.

Louis Pullig De Gouy

#10. We can serve humanity with passionate commitment to our divine purpose.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#11. I was leafing through a magazine where there was a before-and-after picture of a woman who went from a size 5 to a size 3 by liposuction. Was she serious? I've cooked bigger turkeys than her "before" picture.

Erma Bombeck

#12. Human nature being what it is, people will insist upon getting some pleasure out of life.

Bertrand Russell

#13. I was raised in a bit of a hippie environment. I was lying around naked until I was two, having a good time. I think the California mentality is laid back and I definitely embody that.

Urijah Faber

#14. American feminism must become less parochial, so that it is every bit as concerned with sex slavery in Asia as with Title IX sports programs in Illinois.

Nicholas D. Kristof

#15. I started in the theater world in New York City - and indie films - and I love the feeling of your head coming together and trying to tell a simple story, a small story, and just getting that vibe of storytelling without all the craziness of big budget.

Andre Royo