Concocted Crossword Quotes & Sayings

Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed. — Benny Green

I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifices to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul. — Therese De Lisieux

I believe it is essential to have English as the official language of our National Government, for the English language is the tie that binds the millions of immigrants who come to America from divergent backgrounds. We should, and do, encourage immigrants to maintain and share their traditions, customs and religions, but the use of English is essential for immigrants and their children to participate fully in American society and achieve the American dream. — Jim Sensenbrenner

People used to say that on moonless nights Her Ladyship's broad-skirted scarlet trousers would glide eerily along the outdoor corridor, never touching the floor. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Whenever we take a step towards Jesus, we come to realize that he is already there, waiting for us with open arms. — Pope Francis

Each of us embodies, in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time & place, universal truth and everlasting life. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Things are going to go wrong, and I think we are false to life if we don't portray it. But there is also the hope that some lucky clown is going to come along and stumble into the gold mine. And I think you are also entitled to hold out that hope. — James A. Michener

There are two classes of authors: the one write the history of their times, the other their biography. — Henry David Thoreau

We have fallen in the dreams the ever-living
Breathe on the tarnished mirror of the world,
And then smooth out with ivory hands and sigh. — W.B.Yeats

A picture is first of all a product of the imagination of the artist; it must never be a copy. — Edgar Degas

With human beings it could be argued that all music-making is, in essence, grounded in improvisation. — John Burnside

The secret of life was Breath. That was what I always wanted my words to do, to Breathe. — Anais Nin

It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness. — J.M. Barrie

The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea. — John Dyer