Barestone Quotes & Sayings

The two dozen commonplace childhood photographs - snowsuit, pony, tennis racket, looming fender of a Dodge - were an inexhaustible source of wonder for him, at her having existed before he met her, and of sadness for his possessing nothing of the ten million minutes of that black-and-white scallop-edged existence save these few proofs. — Michael Chabon

Oh great," moaned Owen. "we've got one corpse in the SUV already, and now we have to fit us and this carcass in there too — Peter Anghelides

In monasticism you don't get a trendy new Jesus, you get the same old Jesus everyone gets. — Daniel Homan

I just want to help people. I'm a helper. For instance, I myself have helped hundreds of people get off drugs. In Scientology, we have the only successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. It's called Narconon. — Tom Cruise

Part of the challenge of innovation is coming up with the problem to solve, not just its solution. — Scott Berkun

I do feel a responsibility. It's a privilege to be able to speak about it, but I don't speak for all gay people. — Damian Barr

It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he is morally stronger, but that he is intellectually weaker. He is not more virtuous. He is simply more foolish. — Theodore Roosevelt

The worst have scraped out the mantle of the best and wear it around as something real. It takes no genius to see that. But I moved to San Francisco because the masquerade of kindly gestures is, at least, kind. And it remains kind. And all the people who would sit back and comment on the garishness of the costumes, the hollowness of the dialogue, the lack of divine conviction, well, all those people are either dead or fifteen years old. — Jay Caspian Kang

Are there situations where you get stupid - where you disengage your intelligence? Next time you're in one of those situations, get yourself into a growth mindset - think about learning and improvement, not judgment - and hook it back up. — Carol S. Dweck

I hate when art becomes a religion. I feel the opposite. When you start putting a higher value on works of art than people, you're forfeiting your humanity. — Woody Allen

Your attitude is contagious. — Kevin Plank

Everybody has a story, Alison," he said. "Everybody has things they need to hide
sometimes even from themselves. — R. J. Anderson

I want to relearn the intervals, to
journey with a man among the thirds and fifths,
augumented, diminshed, with a light touch,
sforzando, rallentando, agitato, the usual
adores and dotes - and of course what I reaaly
want is some low notes. — Sharon Olds