Al Vermeil Quotes & Sayings

There was something, both in fiction and in his life (Nabokov), that we instinctively related to and grasped, the possibility of a boundless freedom when all options are taken away.
I could invent violin or be devoured by the void. — Azar Nafisi

The problem is a lot of what is called economics is not economics. It is more ideology or religion. — Joseph Stiglitz

Everything in me feels fluttering and free, like I could take off from the ground at any second. Music, I think, he makes me feel like music. — Lauren Oliver

I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call him Fitz-William. — Josh Billings

Against all the odds, we built a better navy than theirs - from scratch - in two months! We now rule the waves in the Mediterranean Sea - Our Sea! The day will come - it begins today - when Rome will master the world! Alexander will roll in his grave, Atlantis will decay in her decadence, and these demons of Harappa will entertain Hades with their theatrics this very night. But Rome will live on in fame and glory. It starts with our victory today! — Jennifer McKeithen

Being brave means that you're the only one who knows how scared you really are. — Deborah Rix

What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Pain by itself is merely pain,
but the experience of pain couples with an understanding
that the pain serves a worthy purpose as suffering.
Suffering can be endured because
there is a reason for it that is worth the effort.
What is more worthy of your pain than the evolution of your soul? — Gary Zukav

Seems to me a writer gets to hold a lot of keys," she said. "Gets to visit a lot of worlds and live in a lot of skins. Seems to me a writer has a chance to live forever, if he's good and if he's lucky. — Robert McCammon

Never forget that life is good when you perceive that it's not.
Take every step forward with love and joy and it will change your perception. — Debasish Mridha

I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that. — Mark McGwire

Each morning I face her window and pray that our love can be, cause that brownstone house where my baby lives is Mecca. — Gene Pitney

I'm a product of the Kennedy era. Kennedy's Inaugural plus the accident of Dean Rusk brought me into the government. Those were my values. — Richard Holbrooke

I think of the saddest thing I can and then add a sick dog to that. If I think of a sick dog from the beginning, I just stop there. — Sufjan Stevens

I cried with pride as I looked into the face of a midwife from the next generation of baby catchers. — Peggy Vincent