Clarindon Quotes & Sayings

Children aren't everything. There are other things in the world, thought I admit some people don't seem to suspect it. — Nella Larsen

She didn't think she'd ever shown enough gratitude for the quick wits of the people she worked with, and if the evening ever ended, which it showed no signs of doing, she would rectify that. She would buy them all flowers or whisky and write a card thanking them for being so clever. — Nick Hornby

All you need to be recognized as an authority is to be recognized by a recognized authority — Bangambiki Habyarimana

I'm sure that everything you do contributes to the sort of novel that you write. A lot of actors have an understanding of drama and a good ear for dialogue and also the rhythm of speech. Similarly, my 16 years in radio drama has influenced me. You only have 45 minutes, or 7,000 words, to tell a story, so every scene has to have a point. — Rachel Joyce

I had hippie parents, and I found it difficult to figure out how to rebel against them. — Stewart Butterfield

If you got a trumpet, get on your feet, brother, and blow it! — Nick Cave

We must observe that the knowledge of God which we are invited to cultivate is not that which, resting satisfied with empty speculation, only flutters in the brain, but a knowledge which will prove substantial and fruitful whenever it is duly perceived and rooted in the heart. — John Calvin

The righteous one has no sense of humor. — Bertolt Brecht

I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me. — Rudyard Kipling

He who has little communication with people is seldom a misanthrope. True misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world. This is because it is practical experience of life, and certainly not philosophy, that makes people hate their fellows. — Giacomo Leopardi

Denying that art is mere expression, the later myth rather relates art to the mind's need or capacity for self-estrangement. — Susan Sontag

It wasn't right, but hearing his age didn't scare me. Not in the least. If the situation and timing were different, we could have given this thing between us a real go. Three years wouldn't be a deal breaker for many relationships. It wasn't the age that was stopping us - it was the occupation. — Brittainy C. Cherry

I have a great affection for people who are intellectually engaged with the world, and who don't treat everything superficially. And I think, when people talk about nerdiness, what they're really talking about is smart people who who are trying to think hard about the world. And I don't think that's an insult, I think that's a great thing. — John Green