Fishlock Lyon Quotes

People ask to much because they live in their own reality. not what reality really is. ~ Rob Lyon

It is possible that the city of London was initially named for ravens or a raven-deity. According to the Oxford Companion to the English Language, the designation comes from "Londinium," a Romanized version of an earlier Celtic name. But the word closely resembles "Lugdunum," the Roman name for both the city of Lyon in France and Leiden in the Netherlands. That Roman name, in turn, was derived from the Celtic "Lugdon," which meant, literally, "hill, or town, of the god Lugh" or, alternatively, " ... of ravens." The site of Lyon was initially chosen for a town when a flock of ravens, avatars of the god, settled there. Whether or not "Lugdunum" was the origin of "London," ravens were important for inhabitants of Britain for both practical and religious reasons. ~ Boria Sax

Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which has not left. It consists of jolts and shocks, many of which do not have much importance, but which we know are destined to produce one Shock, which does ... The human heart, beautiful as a seismograph ... Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all. ~ Andre Breton

that a well-cooked polecat is as good to eat as a pig, and that stewed rattlesnake is not so ~ Arthur James Lyon Fremantle

This is not a Jewish story. It's a human story. If people don't know the truth about the Holocaust, then it could happen again to anybody, anywhere, at any time to any race or any color. ~ Gloria Hollander Lyon

The people of Canada do not wish as a result of mass immigration to make a fundamental alteration in the character of our population. Large scale immigration from the Orient would change the fundamental composition of the Canadian population. ~ William Lyon Mackenzie King

Linc had seen her at her worst and still wanted her. Not for her beauty. Not to break his curse.

He just wanted her. ~ Jennifer Lyon

In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks. ~ William Lyon Phelps

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. ~ William Lyon Mackenzie King

Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities. ~ William Lyon Mackenzie King

There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them".
-- Inspector Clouseau ~ James Lyon

The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. ~ William Lyon Phelps

One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as perfect patterns for all to emulate. In the very struggle to be like someone else rather than to be one's own true self, or to do one's own best in one's own environment, a child is in danger of losing the pearl that is really beyond price - the integrity of his (or her) own soul. ~ Sophia Lyon Fahs

Usury once in control will wreck the nation. ~ William Lyon Mackenzie King

Marriage is a fine and sacred thing if you make it so. ~ William Lyon Phelps

Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best. ~ William Lyon Phelps

Temperance is essential, if the services of men and women are to be employed to the best and most useful effect according, to the physical capacity and ability of each. Nothing less will assure a total effort. ~ William Lyon Mackenzie King

Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others not thinking so much of us as we think they ought. ~ Mary Lyon

The pictures do not ask you to help these people, but something much more difficult; to be briefly, intensely aware of their existence, an existence as real and significant as your own. ~ Danny Lyon

The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage. ~ William Lyon Phelps

"Hence," goes on the professor, "definitions of happiness are interesting." I suppose the best thing to do with that is to let is pass. Me, I never saw a definition of happiness that could detain me after train-time, but that may be a matter of lack of opportunity, of inattention, or of congenital rough luck. If definitions of happiness can keep Professor Phelps on his toes, that is little short of dandy. We might just as well get on along to the next statement, which goes like this: "One of the best" (we are still on definitions of happiness) "was given in my Senior year at college by Professor Timothy Dwight: 'The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts.'" Promptly one starts recalling such Happiness Boys as Nietzche, Socrates, de Maupassant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, William Blake, and Poe."
-Review of the book, Happiness, by (Professor) William Lyon Phelps. Review title: The Professor Goes in for Sweetness and Light; November 5, 1927 ~ Dorothy Parker

Lyon knew she wasn't aware she was being watched, either. She wouldn't have eaten the leaf otherwise, or reached for another.
"Sir, which one is Princess Christina?" Andrew asked Lyon, just as Rhone started in choking on his laughter. Rhone has obviously been watching Christina, too.
"Sir?"
"The blond-headed one," Lyon muttered, shaking his head. He watched in growing disbelief as Christina daintily popped another leaf into her mouth.
"Which blond-headed one?" Andrew persisted.
"The one eating the shrubs. ~ Julie Garwood

I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible. ~ William Lyon Phelps

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible. ~ William Lyon Phelps

On behalf of the federal government, I wish now publicly to appeal to the provinces to lend their co-operation in furthering our country's war effort by effecting at as early a date as may be possible this much needed restriction. ~ William Lyon Mackenzie King

framed photo of Ghandi ~ Shannon Lyon

For one cause or another, it has become necessary to impose restrictions upon the use of many commodities, including not a few of the necessities of life. ~ William Lyon Mackenzie King

If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything. ~ William Lyon Phelps

It's the wife's duty, isn't it, to be submissive to her husband?" Christina asked.
"It is," Lyon answered. His hands moved to the fastenings on her dress. "Oh, yes, it definitely is."
"Then I shall be submissive, Lyon," Christina announced. "When it suits me. ~ Julie Garwood

Lyon - "Love makes you weak, weak makes you vulnerable, vulnerable makes you dead. ~ Artemis Crow

The use of the camera has always been for me a tool of investigation, a reason to travel, to not mind my own business, and often to get into trouble. ~ Danny Lyon

Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his rugged good looks and superior martial arts ability." Phoenix met Joe's eyes. "Yeah?" "Then Chuck Norris roundhouse-kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciated irony, said he should have seen it coming. Now they play poker every second Wednesday of the month. ~ Jennifer Lyon

Collot is back from Lyon, did you know? He had finished his work, as he describes it. His path of righteousness is very clear and straight and broad. It's so easy to be a good Jacobin. Collot hasn't a doubt or scruple in his
head - indeed, I doubt if he has much in it at all. Stop the Terror? He thinks we haven't even begun. ~ Hilary Mantel

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands. ~ William Lyon Phelps