Thomas Murden Quotes

Good food is a celebration of life, and it seems absurd to me that in celebrating life we should take life. That is why I don't eat flesh. I see no need for killing. ~ Anna Thomas

The birth of a man is the birth of his sorrow. ~ Thomas Merton

Within the hierarchy of fabrications that compose our lives - families, countries, gods - the self incontestably ranks highest. Just below the self is the family, which has proven itself more durable than national or ethnic affiliations, with these in turn outranking god-figures for their staying power. So any progress toward the salvation of humankind will probably begin from the bottom - when our gods have been devalued to the status of refrigerator magnets or lawn ornaments. Following the death rattle of deities, it would appear that nations or ethnic communities are next in line for the boneyard. Only after fealty to countries, gods, and families has been shucked off can we even think about coming to grips with the least endangered of fabrications - the self. ~ Thomas Ligotti

You know that part of your writing that you question, - that's weird and doesn't fit neatly into a genre or mold?Write more of that. Please. ~ Richard Thomas

Weakness, all the more dangerous for being combined with a sense of entitlement ~ Erika Johansen

A page digested is better than a volume hurriedly read. ~ Thomas B. Macaulay

There are principles which govern our life-they are the principles of Life. If our life is lived according to these principles all is well, and harmony reigns in place of vexation and struggle. ~ Henry Thomas Hamblin

War makes rattling good history. ~ Thomas Hardy

The external part of religion is doubtless of little value in comparison with the internal, and so is the cask in comparison with the wine contained in it: but if the cask be staved in, the wine must perish. ~ Thomas Hartwell Horne

You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life; at some point, you have to unleash the potential and make your move(ment). ~ Eric Thomas

Once you're in a high-income bracket, say $100,000 or $200,000 or more, it matters less how much more you make than what you do with what you already have. ~ Thomas J. Stanley

Thomas didn't make fun of him. He placed a hand on Hans's arm. "We can't control the families we're born into. Some are wonderful; some aren't so good. But we do have the option to build new families when we're older."
Was that an invitation, or merely an observation? Probably the latter. Thomas and Boris already had a life together that worked well. Fucking around with Hans might be a fun diversion, if they could work through their jealousy, but that didn't mean they wanted anything long-term. Hans could accept that, though he didn't like it, but he now knew the answer to the question Thomas had asked before dinner - at least in part.
I want to be more than a convenient fuck toy. ~ Jamie Fessenden

How fugitive and brief is mortal life between the budding and the falling leaf. ~ Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. ~ Thomas Hobbes

I glanced up at Thomas. "We've still got Hook, right?"
"He's being held prisoner on a ceramic-lined cookie sheet in the oven," Thomas said. "I figured he couldn't jigger his way out of a bunch of steel, and it would give him something to think about before we start asking questions."
"That's an awful thing to do to one of the Little Folk, man," I said.
"I'm planning to start making a pie in front of him."
"Nice."
"Thank you. ~ Jim Butcher

I thank God for what happened," Verger said. "It was my salvation. Have you accepted Jesus, Miss Starling? Do you have faith? ~ Thomas Harris

Thomas knew what he thought. Those images would never leave - the Gladers would be haunted by the horrible things that had happened in the Maze for the rest of their lives. He figured that most if not all of them would have major psychological problems. Maybe even go completely nutso. ~ James Dashner

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence. ~ Thomas Chandler Haliburton

My father thought of himself as a tradesman. A craftsman. ~ Thomas Steinbeck

The prayer that is faithless is fruitless. ~ Thomas Watson

The temples are a refuge from life's storms even a never-failing beacon guiding us to safety. ~ Thomas S. Monson

Better are the blows of a friend than the flase kisses of an enemy. ~ Thomas Becket

Man is emphatically a proselytizing creature. ~ Thomas Carlyle

I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. ~ Thomas Jefferson

The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is due to the peace and dignity of society, to inquire into the motives of such publications, and to distinguish between those which are meant for use and reformation, and with an eye solely to the public good, and those which are intended merely to delude and defame. To the latter description, it is impossible that any good government should afford protection and impunity. ~ Thomas McKean

American boys should not be seen dying on the nightly news. Wars should be over in three days or less, or before Congress invokes the War Powers Resolution. ~ Evan Thomas

While this number puts the economic fragility of America's families in a new light, the shocking statistic is that nine out of every ten black Americans will encounter poverty during their working adult years. ~ Thomas M. Shapiro

When you became everything and everything became you, what was there to dispute? Everything just was. ~ Kitty Thomas

Let it then be heard, and let man learn to feel that the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity, and not on conquest. ~ Thomas Paine

Very well, sir, to crime. ~ Ross Thomas

My most earnest wish is to see the republican element of popular control pushed to the maximum of its practicable exercise. I shall then believe that our government may be pure and perpetual. ~ Thomas Jefferson

The financial crisis just made the hole deeper, which is why our stimulus needs to be both big and smart, both financially and educationally stimulating. It needs to be able to produce not only more shovel-ready jobs and shovel-ready workers, but more Google-ready jobs and Windows-ready and knowledge-ready workers. ~ Thomas Friedman

As Thomas Kuhn pointed out in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, new scientific theories in any field are regarded with skepticism because scientists become attached to the old perspective earlier in their careers. ~ Marilyn Ferguson

May we show increased kindness toward one another, and may we ever be found doing the work of the Lord. ~ Thomas S. Monson

Stephen Morillo, one of the leading military historians of Anglo-Norman England, rejected the "great man" approach in his introduction to a series of extracts and articles on the Battle of Hastings. Noting that William had benefited from a contrary wind that delayed his attack until Harold Godwineson had been drawn north by a threat from a third claimant, Harald Hardrada of Norway, Morillo invoked the idea of chaos theory, which describes how small, even random, factors can sometimes have a huge effect on larger systems. Drawing on the quip of another scholar, John Gillingham, he wondered if William, who was sometimes called William the Bastard, due to his illegitimate birth, ought really to be known as William the Lucky Bastard.2 ~ Hugh M. Thomas

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. ~ Thomas Moore

Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. ~ Thomas Aquinas

We tolerate, even promote, many things we once regarded as evil, wrong, or immoral. And then we seek "explanations" for an act that seems beyond comprehension. Remove societal restraints on some evils and one can expect the demons to be freed to conduct other evil acts. ~ Cal Thomas

Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire. ~ Thomas Keneally

The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things. ~ Thomas Hardy

Money doesn't make the man. Some people have money, and some people are rich. ~ Thomas A. Dorsey

I just keep thinking that summer is here and the sun is shining and I have the whole wide sky to fly in. ~ Thomas Cullinan