Charyn Auctions Quotes & Sayings

The Four Virtues
virtue, demeanor, speech, and work. — Lisa See

I watch women continuously. I want them to look beautiful, I am not interested in making them funny, but just beautiful. They have got to look marvelous to please their own men. — Gianni Versace

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. — Clifton Fadiman

Managers are obsessed with the game. It's very, very difficult, if not impossible, to live a balanced lifestyle. — Howard Wilkinson

One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father. — Lincoln Ellsworth

If I was afraid that something bad would happen, why wait? Why not make it happen now? — Helen Oyeyemi

The eyes are not the windows but the doors of the soul. Beware what may enter them. — Steven Moffat

Artists are sometimes in a position to tell the truth, but they're positioned as a Cassandra. They're gifted with impeccable prophecy and the assurance of never being listened to. — Peter Schjeldahl

For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They're doing it for themselves. — Terry Pratchett

As they made their way to the coast, he bemoaned the hotel trade in the manner, Dorrigo felt, that those who love what they do bemoan their passion the most. — Richard Flanagan

What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? (Deut 4:7). — Timothy Keller

Reporters are not scientific. They do not follow scientific methods. They write to sell, not to educate. The scientist is not concerned with what sells. He is concerned with the truth. He undertakes years of painstaking study to arrive at an understanding of intricate natural processes that most people could never presume to comprehend . You would do well to listen to science and ignore the nonsense that is printed in the newspapers. Because I can tell you right now - radium has nothing to do with what's ailing you. — D.W. Gregory