Cheever Books Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes the most happy people in life are the ones with nothing. We can't lose sight of the little things in life that should make us the happiest. — Ryan Cabrera

Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos ... to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream. — John Cheever

Lanie, you live 15 minutes away from your office and you get there at eight. Over two hours every day just to do your hair and makeup. Diana fuckin' Ross in her heyday probably took less time to get ready for a show. Babe, if that isn't high maintenance, I do not know what is. — Kristen Ashley

Think before thou speakest. — Miguel De Cervantes

All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice. — Joseph De Maistre

The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, / To help me through this long disease, my life. — Alexander Pope

I'm not used to seeing the ball go wherever she wants. As a pitcher, I like to be - I don't want to say perfect, but I want to know what the ball is going to do. — Mariano Rivera

Nothing had changed. I was the stupid one again. I was the girl who never understood who she was to people. — Carol Rifka Brunt

The secret of keeping young is to read children's books. You read the books they write for little children and you'll keep young. You read novels, philosophy, stuff like that and it makes you feel old. — John Cheever

We wish our Christian brothers would be honest and permit us our heroes. We do not deny them theirs. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair

There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not been done. — Susan Cheever

Leaders must be good listeners. It's rule number one, and it's the most powerful thing they can do to build trusted relationships. — Lee Ellis

The truth is: nobody bothers to kill poets in America. It's enough to buy them in universities. Undead. — Erica Jong

I have a slightly crap blog where I opine on anything that occurs to me and run the occasional silly competition. — Mark Lawrence