PandemicSoul Quotelog

Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow.

“The Silver Poppy”

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.

I am a deeply superficial person.

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word ’safe’ that I wasn’t previously aware of.

I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

(via Neatorama)

Good manners are said to be the lubricant of social interaction. Saying “please” shows you respect someone, and saying “thank you” tells them you appreciate them.

(from I will change your life . com)

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

If fifty million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

(via Vagabox Burn)

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

(via Vagabox Burn)