Abstinent Online Quotes & Sayings

God is what man finds that is divine in himself. It is the best way man can behave in the ordinary occasions of life, and the farthest point to which man can stretch himself. — Max Lerner

I regard myself as being the final filter so everything that ends up in the movie is there because it's something that I think was cool. — Peter Jackson

The cornerstone of our thoughts begins with the spirited flames of our far-reaching imagination. — Ian Segal

I think my first general rule is that most of my experiences are not that interesting. It's usually other people's experiences. It's not that entirely conscious. Somebody tells me a story or, you know, repeats an anecdote that somebody else told them and I just feel like I have to write it down so I don't forget - that means for me, something made it fiction-worthy. Interesting things never happen to me, so maybe two or three times when they do, I have to use them, so I write them down. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Pitkin untwisted to his normal position, focusing on Wolfe from under his brows. He sniffed. "You see what I mean when I say that life is nothing but bookkeeping?" Wolfe nodded. "It's not too recondite for me. How about Miss Eads? Wasn't her position essentially the same as Mrs. Jaffee's? Wasn't she also a parasite? Or had the interest she had recently shown in the business made her an earner?" "No. That was no service to the corporation. It was an interference." "Then she had earned nothing?" "That's right." "And deserved nothing?" "That's right. — Rex Stout

But virtue never will be mov'd,
Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven. — William Shakespeare

It is remarkable with what Christian fortitude and resignation we can bear the suffering of other folks. — Jonathan Swift

I still have the sword of Inigo Montoya - it's mine! — Mandy Patinkin

Because reality has no authority there. My imagination controls everything. — Samantha Young

Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. — Richard Branson