Contrivances For The Soul Quotes & Sayings

There is a deep dryness of the soul and all of the recalcitrant contrivances of man to quench his own thirst will bring not a single drop of moisture to those parched places, for God and God alone holds the water that satiates the soul. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

He hadn't realized a girl like her would love him. But she did, somehow, and he thanked the Fucking King Fuck of all Fucks she did. — Megan Erickson

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion. — Arnold H. Glasow

Most of us live in artificial environments and then we go to work in artificial environments and the world becomes something that you see through a window. — Alan Ball

It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death. — Terry Pratchett

No man is an island. You can ask people for help and they can ask for your help in return. — Mr Hudson

When I came back, I wasn't looking past this year. This is a bonus for me. I just wish it would have turned out a little better, but we all don't get what we want all the time. — Vinny Testaverde

If it is considered speaking knowledgeably about malaria by having spent a few weeks traveling into malaria endemic zones and fallen sick from being infected with it, then what is it considered by having lived in the very same malaria endemic zones for years without being infected by it? — T.K. Naliaka

I forgot my balls," Lucas said coming over.
"Your what?"
"My balls. Apparently I left them in this room somewhere, because otherwise I'd have had them in your office in order to tell you that you're full of shit," Lucas replied. — Mia Watts

Fortunately, there was government by consent of the governed in America - but just as unfortunately, such governments dearly hate to admit a mistake. — T.R. Fehrenbach

Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Each of us is sometimes a cretin, a fool, a moron, or a lunatic. A normal person is just a reasonable mix of these components, these four ideal types. — Umberto Eco

He was always being told that writers never become famous or rich, but of course that was not why he wrote, he wrote simply because he felt he had interesting stories to tell that people might like to hear. — Andrew James Pritchard

But then his idea of a fugitive was only an idea of the letters that spell the word, - or at the most, the image of a little newspaper picture of a man with a stick and bundle with 'Ran away from the subscriber' under it. The magic of the real presence of distress,
the imploring human eye, frail, trembling human hand, the despairing appeal of helpless agony,
these he had never tried. — Harriet Beecher Stowe