Aberrationally Quotes & Sayings

Bob and Maria's kids, now grown and in high school and college, each have a quiet dignity and confidence. They also have an informal charm. [...] It is obvious they'd played the roles in the story their family was living, the roles of foreign dignitaries, traveling with their parents on the important assignment of asking world leaders what they hope in. Their STORY had given them their CHARACTER.

I only say this about the children because I used to believe charming people were charming because they were charming, or confident people were confident because they were confident. But all of this is, of course, circular. The truth is, we are all living out the character of the roles we have played in our stories. — Donald Miller

We conclude that, simultaneously with the organization of the colleges, there should be at Santa Cruz an organization by disciplines, whose units would have a voice in appointments and promotions, in course of programs, and in the allocation of funds for research. — Abraham Robinson

Trouble comes to us all in this life: we set our hearts on things which it isn't God's will for us to have, and then we go sorrowing. — George Eliot

I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly. — John Denver

A fighter cannot contemplate fear, let alone show it. Fear weakens you, gets you hurt. — David Powning

Honour is manly decency. The shame of being found wanting in it means everything to us. Is this, then, the indefinable, the sacred thing? — Alfred De Vigny

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. — Albert Einstein

I love playing tennis. To me this is not a workout, but a fun extracurricular activity I do with friends so it doesn't feel like I'm working out. — Ana De La Reguera

While you live your life aboard the ship of life be aware of the sea of life on which it floats and on which it moves forward; be aware of the prevailing winds and currents that influence your progress as the master of the ship. — Ian Gardner

I just loved and love life. I love it today. — Jayne Meadows

Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy. — Anthony Burgess

I feel like people who are guarded and shut off, I feel like they should have to wear a button that says, "shut down", "guarded" or something. — Marnie Stern

[Infinity is] a journey around the earth on a plane that goes forever. — Kate Hosford

Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos. Art is free in the use of its means in any way it likes, but is bound to its laws and to its laws alone. The minute it becomes art, it becomes much more sublime than a class distinction between proletariat and bourgeoisie. — Kurt Schwitters

I found a dead body in the cucumber patch,' I told them.
'How very like you,' Ophelia said, and went on preening her eyebrows. — Alan Bradley