Computerizing Project Quotes & Sayings

On the whole, although Zuleika is shallow and vain, we don't blame her for her disastrous effect on Oxford because we perceive that the love she inspires is essentially narcissistic and has deep roots in the institution she has overwhelmed. It is a love of the unobtainable ideal - the paradox of self-fulfillment in self-destruction - which originates with Romanticism, with Byron and Shelley, and finds its apotheosis in the decadent pose of Wilde: his open self-love, yet self-destructive wantonness and preoccupation with death. — Sara Lodge

The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor ... — Robert Collier

When all our efforts have come to nothing, we naturally tend to doubt not just ourselves, but also whether God is just. At those moments, our only hope is to seek every evidence that God is just, by communing with the people we know who are strongest in faith. — Bill Moyers

Of course I put a chain on him - he's recovering fast and he's quite muscular." He frowned on a thought. "You shouldn't be visiting him now that he can move about - he might grab you." She gave him an incredulous look. He grimaced. "I can find a suitable place for him, perhaps a room with a barred door - " "You mean a cage." "We've already discussed this: I'll not let a madman near you. — Elizabeth Hoyt

Why does the Old Testament law never punish anyone by depriving him of his freedom? — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

That, they knew, was true friendship. And they knew, if you're lucky enough to find it, you hold on to it. — Sarah Addison Allen

Performing an exorcism was like changing your oil. It's a drag, but necessary. — Keanu Reeves

I always find time to read novels and poetry as well as scripts; I like to enjoy different kinds of storytelling. I spend time at the beach and with my loved ones. I like traveling to unfamiliar places to challenge my perspectives and glean wisdom from other ways of life. — Rose McIver

She has so many bad traits, why should I single out just one of them? — Anne Frank

For those of us who can't be active on the front lines - and this will be most of us - our job is to create a culture that will encourage and promote political resistance. The main tasks will be loyalty and material support. — Lierre Keith

I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point? — Steve Martin

By trying so hard to provide the perfectly happy childhood, we're just making it harder for our kids to actually grow up, — Lori Gottlieb

He gives me the impression of being a spoilt child.

(on Liszt) — Clara Schumann