Cleareyed Quotes & Sayings

The role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality. — Tom Clancy

Gandhi was right: if we all live by 'an eye for an eye' the whole world will be blind. The only way out is forgiveness. — Lewis B. Smedes

There is never any peace for those who resist God. — Francois Fenelon

There are certain things no one can do for you. — Max Lucado

Not since Walter Gibson has anyone been better suited to The Shadow than Howard Chaykin — Mark Waid

Mr. Jones's book is a cleareyed examination of the British class system, and it poses this brutal question: 'How has hatred of working-class people become so socially acceptable?' His timely answers combine wit, left-wing politics and outrage. — Dwight Garner

If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited. — Carly Fiorina

Fear of new ideas breeds angry head spiders that have been known to attack. — Leah Broadby

I'll be at your place tonight, seven thirty."
"Does seven thirty mean our reservation is at eight?"
"Eight fifteen, in case we hit traffic or weather."
"Will this mean you'll turn into a pumpkin on the way back, considering we'll probably get home past your bedtime?"
Silence then, "Now she gives me smartass and it's still fuckin' cute." — Kristen Ashley

Just wait and see, Charlie Brown. I'll see the Great Pumpkin. I'll SEE the Great Pumpkin! Just you wait, Charlie Brown. The Great Pumpkin will appear and I'll be waiting for him ... — Charles M. Schulz

True hope is cleareyed. It sees all the difficulties that exist and all the potential for failure, but through that carves a realistic path to a better future. — Jerome Groopman

But the U.S. government bets its last penny on violence as the magic solution for every problem, and so the country is losing friends every day and doesn't seem to give a damn about it. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Apparently that dog of hers joined you in the water."
Yes, that's right, he took his dip with the rest of us. But what's that got to do with it?"
Wilbert Cream dived in and saved him."
He could have got ashore perfectly well under his own steam. In fact, he was already on his way, doing what looked like an Australian crawl."
That wouldn't occur to a pinhead like Phyllis. To her Wilbert Cream is the man who rescued her dachshund from a watery grave. So she's going to marry him."
But you don't marry fellows because they rescue dachshunds."
You do, if you've got a mentality like hers. — P.G. Wodehouse