Sphinx Block Quotes

#1. I wonder," said Miss Oliver, "if humanity will be any happier because of aeroplanes. It seems to me that the sum of human happiness remains much the same from age to age, no matter how it may vary in distribution, and that all the 'many inventions' neither lessen nor increase it." "After

L.M. Montgomery

#2. It was starting, starting. No. It was ending. He was ending. This was the landscape of his personal apocalypse.

Maggie Stiefvater

#3. William Hartnell was one of the great unsung character actors of his time

David Bradley

#4. I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it.

Mary-Kate Olsen

#5. Thoughts are just moving through consciousness. They have no power. Nothing has reality until you reach it, grab it, and somehow impregnate it with the power of belief.

Adyashanti

#6. A man like that is someone to go out with - once - twice - three times when the devil is in you. But live with? Have a child by?

Tennessee Williams

#7. Worship is an inward feeling and outward action that reflects the worth of God.

John Piper

#8. Valar morghulis.
Yes. All men must die, but we are not men.

George R R Martin

#9. You must not end your life because you failed an examination. Failing an examination or making a mistake does not make you a failure at life. The context of life is broader than that.

Archibald Marwizi

#10. Delaware is the only state east of the Rockies that is allowed under federal law to offer sports betting.

Jack Markell

#11. Every outbreak across the globe today stems from a descendant of the medieval plague.

Hendrik Poinar

#12. It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.

George Burns