Personally, if I were trying to discourage people from smoking, my sign would be a little different. In fact, I might even go too far in the

Personally, if I were trying to discourage people from smoking, my sign would be a little different. In fact, I might even go too far in the opposite direction. My sign would say something like, ‘Smoke if you wish. But if you do, be prepared for the following series of events: First, we will confiscate your cigarette and extinguish it somewhere on the surface of your skin. We will then run you nicotine-stained fingers through a paper shredder and throw them into the street, where wild dogs will swallow them and then regurgitate them into the sewers, so that infected rats can further soil them before they’re flushed out to sea with the rest of the city’s filth. After such time, we will sysematically seek out your friends and loved one and destroy their lives.’
Wouldn’t you like to see a sign like that

–
George Carlin,

When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops

At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write. – Ian McEwan,

At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write.

–
Ian McEwan,

Atonement

A teacher had once told them that men were either beasts, gentlemen, or beasts masquerading as gentlemen. Might there be a fourth category

A teacher had once told them that men were either beasts, gentlemen, or beasts masquerading as gentlemen. Might there be a fourth category gentlemen masquerading as beasts

–
Sabrina Jeffries,

Snowy Night with a Stranger

Oh, Adam s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good! – C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s

Oh, Adam s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!

–
C.S. Lewis,

The Magician’s Nephew

What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat, …. And it might be just the most

What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat, …. And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I m writing, I write. And then it s as if the muse is convinced that I m serious and says, Okay. Okay. I ll come.

–
Maya Angelou

He could not believe that any of them might actually hit somebody. If one did, what a nowhere way to go: killed by accident; slain not as an

He could not believe that any of them might actually hit somebody. If one did, what a nowhere way to go: killed by accident; slain not as an individual but by sheer statistical probability, by the calculated chance of searching fire, even as he himself might be at any moment. Mathematics! Mathematics! Algebra! Geometry! When 1st and 3d Squads came diving and tumbling back over the tiny crest, Bell was content to throw himself prone, press his cheek to the earth, shut his eyes, and lie there. God, oh, God! Why am I here Why am I here After a moment’s thought, he decided he better change it to: why are we here. That way, no agency of retribution could exact payment from him for being selfish.

–
James Jones,

The Thin Red Line

Give as much as importance to your goal as you give it to your first girlfriend, with that much importance your girlfriend might still leave

Give as much as importance to your goal as you give it to your first girlfriend, with that much importance your girlfriend might still leave you but your goal will definitely come to you.

–
Amit Kalantri

We never know when our last day on earth will be. So, love with full sincerity, believe with true faith, and hope with all of your might.

We never know when our last day on earth will be. So, love with full sincerity, believe with true faith, and hope with all of your might. Better to have lived in truth and discovered life, than to have lived half heartedly and died long before you ever ceased breathing.

–
Cristina Marrero

But suppose the endlessly dead were to wake in us some emblem:they might point to the catkins hangingfrom the empty

But suppose the endlessly dead were to
wake in us some emblem:
they might point to the catkins hanging
from the empty hazel trees, or direct
us to the rain
descending on black earth in early
spring. —

And we, who always think of happiness
rising, would feel the emotion
that almost baffles us
when a happy thing falls.

–
Rainer Maria Rilke,

Duino Elegies

In the abstract, it might be tempting to imagine that irreducible complexity simply requires multiple simultaneous mutations – that evolution

In the abstract, it might be tempting to imagine that irreducible complexity simply requires multiple simultaneous mutations – that evolution might be far chancier than we thought, but still possible. Such an appeal to brute luck can never be refuted… Luck is metaphysical speculation; scientific explanations invoke causes.

–
Michael J. Behe,

Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution