Daelen Cory Quotes & Sayings

We have a terror of seeming to exert ourselves, lest it be noticed that we exerted ourselves and did not succeed. — Mignon McLaughlin

I used to do miserably in English literature, which I thought was a sign of moral turpitude. As I look back on it, I think it was rather to my credit. The notion of actually putting writers' words into other words is quite ridiculous because why bother if writers mean what they mean, and if they don't, why read them? There is, I suppose, a case for studying literary works in depth, but I don't quite know what 'in depth' means unless you read a paragraph over and over again. — Patricia Wentworth

Lincoln had entirely outgrown juvenile delight in religious argument. Talking with God seemed to the mature Lincoln more important than talking about Him. — Elton Trueblood

I can take a joke," she tells me, sounding insulted.
"Yeah? When?"
"When it's not being delivered by a childish jackass who thinks he's God's gift to women."
"I am not childish." God's gift on the other hand? My record speaks for itself.
"Oh, bite me."
I wish. — Emma Chase

We perceive and interpret the outer world through a set of incredibly fine internal receptors. But we are incapable, by ourselves, of grasping or tweezing out any permanent, sharable figment of it. Practically speaking, we ritually verify what is there, and are disposed to call it reality. But, with photographs, we have concrete proof that we have not been hallucinating all our lives. — Max Kozloff

Good things don't happen to "good people"; good things happen to happy people. — Vivian Amis

I'm not just trying to be a good game manager. I'm trying to be great. — Drew Brees

The snow was knee-deep, my leg hurt, and my sweats were soaked, but I was hopped up on painkillers and a huge dose of pissed off, so I didn't care. — Barbra Annino

Mexico takes a hard line on immigration, demanding that visitors to her shores enter lawfully, and show her respect during their stay. — John Linder

You know those guys that go to the strip club at the daytime? If you're at a strip club, and the sun is out, you got some problems! — Chris Rock

That was because when I was little I didn't understand about other people having minds. — Mark Haddon

Vyck had often encouraged him to engage an opponent's mind rather than its weapons. often this advice was accompanied by the casual remark that if he couldn't outwit a fox he shouldn't be in the woods. — Gwendolyn Druyor

My job is to pay attention to my children's genius and allow those leanings to lead them to their future. — Lisa Whelchel

Who is Mike Judge? Let me think. The only way I could possibly answer that question would be in a nonverbal fashion. I think I could do an interpretive dance that would answer that question for you. — Mike Judge