Contraire De Large Quotes & Sayings

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system. — Brian Aldiss

Apparently officers are not 'men'. Officers are 'officers'. — Aditi Mathur Kumar

Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with irregularities, quirks, and words like 'knight.' — Joshua Foer

Without knowing the essential nature of this (referring to the self), we are trying to make a life outside. That is the biggest mistake humanity has made.


The first and foremost thing you must know is this (referring to the selfx). Then you can handle the external like a play, without any effort. — Sadhguru

The things women find rewarding about work are, by and large, the same things that men find rewarding and include both the inherent nature of the work and the social relationships. — Grace Baruch

A Godly leader ... finds strength by realizing his weakness
finds authority by being under authority
finds direction by laying down his plans
finds vision by seeing the needs of others
finds credibility by being an example
finds loyalty by expressing compassion
finds honor by being faithful
finds greatness by being a servant — Roy Lessin

I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it." — Frank Deford

Lady Aquitaine sighed. Then it all hinges on Scipio. He has a rather irritating talent for impersonating a fulcrum. — Jim Butcher

Now I know what you're saying. You're saying: 'Dave, you have painted a distorted and inaccurate picture of the American health-care system. Not all patients wind up being as wretched as Mary! Many of them wind up being dead'. — Dave Barry

The wasteland that is your memory now comes under the absolute dictatorship of idols too terrible to mention. — Jack Henry Abbott