Charles R. Jackson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The mighty edifice of Government science dominated the scene in the middle of the 20th century as a Gothic cathedral dominated a 13th century landscape. The work of many hands over many years, it universally inspired admiration, wonder and fear.
The male clerk with his quill pen and copper-plate handwriting had gone for good. The female short-hand typist took his place. It was a decisive moment in women's emancipation.
My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee.
She tried to allow herself only one biting remark an hour, and she had already overstepped her allowance.
Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them.
I'm not biting my fingernails. I'm biting my knuckles. I finished the fingernails months ago.
There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.
Nothing so mystical. Human beings hunger for killing, that is all. It only takes a few politicians to stoke division, or a few demagogues encouraging hatred to set your kind upon one another. And then before you know it, you have a whole nation biting on its own tail, going round and round until there is nothing left but the snapping of teeth.
Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while.
I do not steal victory.

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