Splintery Deck Quotes

#1. you speak of true honor, it is to be born of God; if of true valor, it is to fight the good fight of faith; if of true delight, it is to have joy in the Holy Spirit. Oh, then, espouse godliness! Here reality is to be had. Of other things we may say, "They comfort in vain!" (Zech. 10:2)

Thomas Watson

#2. Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but also of the corruption they bring into the hearts of their victims.

Alessandro Manzoni

#3. He set the helmet on the floor beside the door and slung his jacket over the back of one chair. He tilted his head sideways to look at her, one eyebrow raised. "I'm not going to ask why. I'm going to make assumptions.

Paula Altenburg

#4. We can't have landfills forever, and we can't ask others to accept our trash.

Jaime Lerner

#5. Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do.

Edward Abbey

#6. I think as a filmmaker and as a director, you shortchange yourself if you inhibit the ability of your actor to bring their own personal experiences to the characters.

Joe Carnahan

#7. You are under arrest for murder, attempted murder and general conspiracy to be an asshole. - Harry Bosch

Michael Connelly

#8. I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one.

Robin Wright

#9. The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor.

Elon Musk

#10. Between hell now, and hell later, Sassenach," he said, his speech measured and precise, "I will take later, every time.

Diana Gabaldon

#11. Those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers ...

Anna Quindlen

#12. There is no right or wrong; only our thoughts and perceptions make it so.

Debasish Mridha

#13. It's perfectly okay if you don't understand every single one of them. For one thing, I make a lot of corny jokes, and you have to be 40 years old to get some of them.

Brian P. Cleary