Austernfischer Quotes & Sayings

Thoughts, intentions or feelings cannot
comprehend God but they can see and acknowledge the works of God. — Ikechukwu Joseph

I'm taking (the training) a little more seriously than I normally would to speed up the process. I don't care if people say I was a surprise pick. I feel like it's an honor and the people who made the decision to put me on the team know what they are talking about. To play for your country is something you can hold on to the rest of your life. — Matt Holliday

All those years on the psychiatrist's couch and suddenly the couch is moving.
Good God, she is on that couch when the big one hits.
Maidy didn't tell you, but you know what her doctor said? She sprang from the couch and said, "My God, was that an earthquake?"
The doctor said this: "Did it feel like an earthquake to you? — Amy Hempel

I'm not the first person to have said this - no writer ever feels that the execution of a book lives up to the idea for that book. The execution always falls short. — Stephen King

They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if a frog had side pockets he'd probably wear a handgun. — Dan Rather

Just be the strong woman you are, like me. If the guys can't handle us, it's their problem. — Amanda Sun

Now, the old man happened to be the Lord. — Italo Calvino

Tenacious practice, practice, practice is crucial for excellence; rote repetition is underrated in America. — Amy Chua

Ink to parchment, words to paper, glory to Beatrice. — Dante Alighieri

Iron and coal dominated everywhere, from grey to black: the black boots, the black stove-pipe hat, the black coach or carriage, the black iron frame of the hearth, the black cooking pots and pans and stoves. Was it a mourning? Was it protective coloration? Was it mere depression of the senses? No matter what the original color of the paleotechnic milieu might be it was soon reduced by reason of the soot and cinders that accompanied its activities, to its characteristic tones, grey, dirty-brown, black. — Lewis Mumford

Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol. — Steve Martin

I'm right, and you're smart, and sooner or later you'll see I'm right. — Charlie Munger