"Notwithstanding all that has been discovered since Newton's time, his saying that we are little children picking up pretty pebbles on the beach while the whole ocean lies before us unexplored remains substantially as true as ever, and will do so though we shovel up the pebbles by steam shovels and carry them off in carloads."

-- Charles Sanders Peirce

#Beach Quotes #Children Quotes #Lying Quotes

“Ethics cannot be based upon our obligations toward people, but they are complete and natural only when we feel this Reverence for Life and the desire to have compassion for and to help all creatures insofar as it is in our power. I think that this ethic will become more and more recognized because of its great naturalness and because it is the foundation of a true humanism toward which we must strive if our culture is to become truly ethical.”
“I always hated those classic kid movies like Old Yeller or The Yearling where the beloved pet dies. What would be so wrong with having those damn kids learn their lessons about mortality from watching Grandpa kick? Then at least the dog would be around to comfort them.”

Source : Merrill Markoe (2006). “Walking in Circles Before Lying Down: A Novel”, p.208, Villard
“I've been an actor since I was a kid.”
“Iâ€™ve got four nipples. I think I must have been a twin, but the one other went away and left its nipples behind.”
“The more bad choices you make, the less bad your choices seem.”

Source : Karen Kingsbury, Gary Smalley (2010). “Redemption”, p.34, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“I'm sick of the media making female sports athletes into supermodels, when they're clearly sixes at best.”
“A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense.”
“If women who were free to speak did not speak, we might as well say to the entire world, 'No matter what you do to women, no one cares, just go right ahead.'”

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