Scuttling Of The German Quotes

#1. The surface area of this root system is easily one hundred times greater than that of all the leaves put together.

Hope Jahren

#2. It's easier not to make a particular joke in case it offends. But every joke will offend someone, and I've always believed that the audience is bigger than one person. The danger is that things will become bland.

David Walliams

#3. Witches knew that mysterious omens were around all the time. The world was always very nearly drowning in mysterious omens. You just had to pick the one that was convenient.

Terry Pratchett

#4. Minty Fresh made a motion with his hands of leveling, as if he were smoothing an imaginary tablecloth of calm over a counter constructed of contemporary freak-out.

Christopher Moore

#5. What is the subject of our thought? Experience! Nothing else!

Hannah Arendt

#6. The Constitution is a radical document ... it is the job of the government to rein in people's rights.

William J. Clinton

#7. If you want to know the strength of a cloth, you inspect the quality of its weave. If you want to understand a person's character, look closely at their interpersonal behaviour or their transactions.

Amish Tripathi

#8. I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

David Beckham

#9. He wondered what life had in store for them.
And for once, he couldn't wait to find out.

Jennifer Kacey

#10. It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don't be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them.

Tippi Hedren

#11. The world was arrogant and self-satisfied, but behind all this confidence there was an uneasy sense of impending disaster. The old creeds, both religious and political , were largely in the process of dissolution, but we did not realise the fact , and therefore did not look for new foundations.

John Buchan

#12. It is nice when things end. That is what stories do - they end. It is hard to write endings and it is hard to come to the end of things, but I think when it is done right, it is a very satisfying way to appreciate something.

Jon Hamm

#13. The time when freedom is no longer held in the highest regard is not during times of want or suffering, but during the era of civility, pleasure, and wealth.

Eric J. Martindale