Alfie Pointlessblog Quotes & Sayings

The trick was looking past the illusion, because the exit was never as far away as it seemed. — Lauren DeStefano

We must truly serve those whom we appear to command; we must bear with their imperfections, correct them with gentleness and patience, and lead them in the way to heaven. — Francois Fenelon

Most campaigns rely on photographs because the moment you do something that is a graphic interpretation where any artistic license has been taken, I think a lot of people are scared that it's going to be perceived as propaganda. — Shepard Fairey

Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job. — Carl Hiaasen

Knowing he [Bob Serber] was going to the [first atom bomb] test, I asked him how he planned to deal with the danger of rattlesnakes. He said, 'I'll take along a bottle of whiskey.' ... I ended by asking, 'What would you do about those possibilities [of what unknown phenomena might cause a nuclear explosion to propagate in the atmosphere]?' Bob replied, 'Take a second bottle of whiskey. — Edward Teller

New York is full of creative people, not only in fashion. — Donatella Versace

Preaching is the pastor's main work, and preaching is heart work, not just mental work. — John Piper

A Prayer was like a tickle.Sooner or later God would have to look down to see what was tickling his bum. — Lloyd Jones

I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens. — Christine Lagarde

Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword. — Patricia Briggs

Being inoffensive, and being offended, are now the twin addictions of the culture. — Martin Amis

I wish, he thinks, spoken words could be captured and kept in a locket. — David Mitchell

I tend to write longer narrative pieces after I've finished writing a novel - when the fiction's finished and put away, and I have a chance to take all the ideas that are buried inside of my novels and work with them directly. — Dinaw Mengestu