"Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me."

-- Herman Melville

#Men Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“I'm glad I don't play anymore. I could never learn all those handshakes.”
“There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it.”

Source : William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.23
“I'm no lyrical stylist; you wouldn't pick me for a perfect sentence, and I certainly wouldn't describe my novels as intellectual.”
“I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.”
“My words are like a ship, and the sea is their meaning. Come to me and I will take you to the depths of spirit.”
“Those who have a warped mind, a mind of discord, have been defeated from the beginning.”
“There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.”
“I really like the way that Jack Nicholson [acts] in particular works. I like the fact that he takes enormous risks. He's an enormously disciplined actor who seems to be totally capable of dealing with the business as a business and yet drop it totally when he's working.”

Source : Interview with Susan Pile, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 25, 2015.

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