“Spontaneous combustion IS a form of harm, Mr. D," Chiron put in.”
Source: The Lightning Thief
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American writer 1964Related quotes
“The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people.”
As quoted in American Industry at War : A Report of the War Industries Board (March 1921) by Bernard Baruch
1920s and later
“put the car in "d" set the compass to "n" and get the "f"out of there”
Source: How to Survive a Horror Movie
2001-10
Television series
Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
ABC
Steve
Krakauer
Christine O'Donnell Thinks Psychics Are Evil Pimps
Mediaite
2010-09-15
http://www.mediaite.com/online/christine-odonnell-thinks-psychics-are-evil-pimps/
2010-11-01
Asked why James Van Praagh (also present) is so evil that Leviticus 20:27 says he should be stoned to death
TV appearances
Pt. II, sec. 4, "The Ideal Writer"
The Philosophy of Style (1852)
Context: The ideal form for a poem, essay, or fiction, is that which the ideal writer would evolve spontaneously. One in whom the powers of expression fully responded to the state of feeling, would unconsciously use that variety in the mode of presenting his thoughts, which Art demands.
Source: Culture series, The Player of Games (1988), Chapter 2 (p. 277).
Bryson was later awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Durham
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (US), Notes From a Big Country (UK) (1998)
“How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving.”
“It is jihad, Mr. Morgan, a particularly virulent, fundamentalist form of hatred.”
Source: Ripping Time (2000), Chapter 3 (p. 75)