Clubby Iv Quotes & Sayings

Unless man has the wit and the grit to build his civilization on something better than material power, it is surely idle to talk of plans for a stable peace. — Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.

No one writes a story like Lydia Davis. In the years since she began publishing her lyrical, extremely short fiction, she has quietly become one of the most impactful influences on American writers, even if they don't know it. That's largely because she makes economy seem so easy. You could read several of her stories into a friend's voicemail box before you were cut off (and you should). You could fit one of her stories in this column. Some you could write on your palm. — Jonathan Messinger

I've always loved where my dad came from and the ideals that he instilled in me. — John Krasinski

When there are strange things going on all around, every coincidence should be considered very carefully. — Sergei Lukyanenko

She made up prayers and said them,
Worshipping unknown gods with unknown singing,
Her customary magic, which would cover
The white moon's face and darken the sun with cloud. — Ovid

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. — George Santayana

The history of each and every territory is written in the blood of those who died trying to fulfill the aspirations of their ambitious leaders. — D.J. MacHale

Trying to navigate the halls of Hogwarts was like ... probably not quite as bad as wandering around inside an Escher painting, that was the sort of thing you said for rhetorical effect rather than for its being true.
A short time later, Harry was thinking that in fact an Escher painting would have both pluses and minuses compared to Hogwarts. Minuses: No consistent gravitational orientation. Pluses: At least the stairs wouldn't move around WHILE YOU WERE STILL ON THEM. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

The dead don't stay interested in us living people for very long. Gradually, gradually, they let go hold of the earth ... and the ambitions they had ... and the things they suffered ... and the people they loved. They get weaned away from the earth - that's the way I put it - weaned away. — Thornton Wilder

She expected from other people the same opinions and feeling as her own, and she judged their motives by the immediate effect of their actions on herself. — Jane Austen

Jews talk a lot about God. But actually their god, just like Marx said, is money. Cash! — George Lincoln Rockwell

the devil may win the battle - but Christ has already won the war. — David Jeremiah

I'm not into fashion at all. I always wear the same thing: dark suits. I don't even know where I get them. — Muhammad Ali

We come to this book because something is missing in our souls. This book will take you through the steps that you stumbled over in all your other attempts. And it will bring more than you asked for. — Ruben Papian

So when's your date?" I had to work on being less obvious. "Tomorrow." "Good. If you said there wasn't a date I was going to smack you. — Priscilla West