Pommelled Quotes

#1. Uncertain of uncertainty, skeptical of skepticism, it seems that the most important question is whether there is an important question.

Mitchell Heisman

#2. Moraga's expedition of 1806 added further to the nomenclature of the Sierra. After crossing the San Joaquin his party came to a place which his men called Las Mariposas because of the swarms of butterflies (mariposas) which flew into their eyes and ears.

Francis P. Farquhar

#3. There are twenty ways of going to a point, and one is the shortest; but set out at once on one. A man who has that presence of mind which can bring to him on the instant all he knows, is worth for action a dozen men who know as much, but can only bring it to light slowly.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#4. It is hard to think of anything more vile than to intentionally desecrate the Body of Christ.

William Anthony Donohue

#5. Sometimes I feel limited by people's perceptions of what I can and cannot do, or what I do or don't look like.

Mira Sorvino

#6. Whose life testifies to the truth that there is no shame in being oppressed: Those who should be ashamed are they who oppress others.

Nelson Mandela

#7. War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.

Lois McMaster Bujold

#8. As far as the Middle East and North Africa is concerned, we need to reconsider the question of reliability and stability of hydrocarbons.

Alexey Miller

#9. I take my role as an ambassador for the sport, and as a role model for boys, girls, mommies, daddies - whoever it is - very, very seriously. I know the impact my role models have had in my life, and I'm in a really beautiful position to be able to be that for others.

Kerri Walsh

#10. She might not be as strong as everyone she met, or as fast, or even as smart. But she could bullshit with the best of them. Combine that with a license to carry, and a girl could more than get by in this life.

Laura Lippman

#11. You know the worst: your wills are fickle,
Your values blurred, your hearts impure
And your past life a ruined church
But let your poison be your cure.

Louis MacNeice

#12. But Squirrelpaw had the best idea." Squirrelpaw ducked her head, looking embarrassed. "If ever any of you tell the cats back home that I purred at a Twoleg," she mewed through gritted teeth, "I'll turn you into crow-food, and that's a promise.

Erin Hunter