Alness United Quotes & Sayings

Some souls attain enlightenment. No one knows why. You could say it is individual inclination. I'm not convinced that's the case. — Frederick Lenz

One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.' — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom when the passions relax their hold, then, as Sophocles says, we are free from the grasp, not of one mad master only, but of many. — Plato

First be sure that you know exactly what you want to say. Then be sure you have said exactly that. — C.S. Lewis

All this could be part of a plan. There is no way an atheist can prove it's not. But it's some plan, isn't it? With mass destruction, pitiless extermination, annihilation going on all the time. And all of this set in motion on a scale that's absolutely beyond our imagination, in order that the pope can tell people not to jerk off. — Christopher Hitchens

God help me if I should ever lose my looks."
"I wouldn't mind."
He gave her a quizzical smile. "What?"
"If..." Evie paused, suddenly embarrassed. "If anything happened to your looks... if you became... less handsome. Your appearance wouldn't matter to me.I would still..." She paused and finished hesitantly, "...want you as my husband."
Sebastian's smile faded slowly. He gave her a long, intent stare, her wrist still clasped in his hand. Something strange crossed his expression... an undefinable emotion wrought of heat and vulnerability. When he answered, his voice was strained from the effort to sound cavalier. "Without a doubt, you're the first one who's ever said that to me. — Lisa Kleypas

I don't know why hurting means getting better. — Emma Donoghue

Help us to be true, Lord. Help us to stand. — Stephen King

No single man can change the destiny of the world because the world cannot transform itself on its own. The world can only transform itself collectively. — David Ssembajjo

Forward, I pray, since we have come so far,
And be it moon, or sun, or what you please.
And if you please to call it a rush candle,
Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me. — William Shakespeare

In China, the state controls the corporations, whereas in the United States, the corporations control the state. — Ian Bremmer

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. — George Bernard Shaw

A true pilot must of necessity pay attention to the seasons, the heavens, the stars, the winds, and everything proper to the craft if he is really to rule a ship. — William Shatner

I still do not know what impels anyone sound of mind to leave dry land and spend a lifetime describing people who do not exist. If it is child's play, an extension of make believe - something one is frequently assured by people who write about writing - how to account for the overriding wish to do that, just that, only that, and consider it as rational an occupation as riding a bicycle over the Alps? — Mavis Gallant

Because I'm never going to let you go, Rachel. I don't care how much you push me away because you're scared. I'll just hold you until you get over it. — Kim Harrison