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Quotes For Him (page 370)

Harlan Ellison quote: "K is for "Kenghis Khan"; He was a very nice person. History..."
K is for "Kenghis Khan"; He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere. Harlan Ellison
Epictetus quote: "Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to..."
Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself. Epictetus
There's another disadvantage to the use of the flashlight: like many other mechanical gadgets it tends to separate a man from the world around him. If I switch it on my eyes adapt to it and I can see only the small pool of light it makes in front of me; I am isolated. Leaving the flashlight in my pocket where it belongs, I remain a part of the environment I walk through and my vision though limited has no sharp or definite boundary. Edward Abbey
And [Asimov]'ll sign anything, hardbacks, softbacks, other people's books, scraps of paper. Inevitably someone handed him a blank check on the occasion when I was there, and he signed that without as much as a waver to his smile? except that he signed: 'Harlan Ellison. Isaac Asimov
He never passed any kind of moral judgement on the various things that had been done to him in the course of his career not did he try to explain them. Much that was unjust and still more that was simply unintelligble seemed to be accepted, not only without resentment, but with a certain satisfaction provided only that is was striking. C. S. Lewis
Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! My darling! Light goes the weather-wind and the feathered starling. Down along under the Hill, shining in the sunlight, Waiting on the doorstep for the cold starlight, There my pretty lady is, River-woman's daughter, Slender as the willow-wand, clearer than the water. Old Tom Bombadil water-lilies bringing Comes hopping home again. Can you hear him singing? Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! and merry-o, Goldberry, Goldberry, merry yellow berry-o! Poor old... J. R. R. Tolkien
Robert Bloch quote: "Norman Bates heard the noise and a shock went through him."
Norman Bates heard the noise and a shock went through him. Robert Bloch
I said to him, "Shall I tell you where the men are who believe most in themselves? For I can tell you. I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where flames the fixed star of certainty and success. I can guide you to the thrones of the Super-men. The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums. Gilbert K. Chesterton
She tried to argue, and tell him that he had mixed in his dull brain two matters, theology and morals, which in the primitive days of mankind had been quite distinct. Thomas Hardy
The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him. John Marshall
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost inevitably some part of him is aware that they are myths and that he believes them only because they are comforting. But he dare not face this thought! Moreover, since he is aware, however dimly, that his opinions are not rational, he becomes furious when they are disputed. Bertrand Russell
Victor Hugo quote: "A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could..."
A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars. Victor Hugo
There's a Good Book about goodness and how to be good and so forth, but there's no Evil Book about how to be evil and how to be bad. The Devil had no prophets to write his Ten Commandments, and no team of authors to write his biography. His case has gone completely by default. We know nothing about him but a lot of fairy stories from our parents and schoolmasters. He has no book from which we can learn the nature of evil in all its forms, with parables about evil people, proverbs about evil... Ian Fleming
Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject. Frank Herbert
Great griefs exhaust. They discourage us with life. The man into whom they enter feels something taken from him. In youth, their visit is sad; later on, it is ominous. Victor Hugo

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