Brakefield Pool Quotes & Sayings

How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself. — Charles G. Dawes

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Well, isn't this just perfect," Kyle commented. "We need to go rough up a big bad wolf, and half the pack is already leaving. — Jody Morse

[Addressing a group of military officers:] Are you a feminist? Oh ... wrong question. I should have asked, 'Are you a father?' When your daughter loses her job to a clearly less-qualified man, you will discover you are a feminist. — Estelle Ramey

You can't have good without evil, pleasure without pain, and so on. — Ken Wilber

Isn't it funny how true peace describes war and chaos? — Lionel Suggs

For we never have naked and empty symbols, except when our ingratitude and wickedness hinder the working of divine beneficence. — John Calvin

All I can say is sometimes home gets burned into your occipital lobe, and it can't leave you, and there's always that longing. — James Gray

I started out in graduate school to be a fiction writer. I thought I wanted to write short stories. I started writing poems at that point only because a friend of mine dared me to write a poem. And I took the dare because I was convinced that I couldn't write a good poem ... And then it actually wasn't so bad. — Natasha Trethewey

The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. — Bob Marley

Acting is all about being truthful. I'm really bad at lying. I'm one of the worst liars I know. — Dane DeHaan

To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen. — Laozi