Damien Karras Quotes & Sayings

Conversationis like the table of contents of a dull book ... All the greatest subjects of human thought are proudly displayedin it. Listen to it for three minutes, and you ask yourself which is more striking, the emphasis of the speaker or his shocking ignorance. — Stendhal

Sow but don't rush to gather the fruits — Valgame

There is a reason the word belonging has a synonym for want at its center; it is the human condition. — Jodi Picoult

And in some environments, talking like an overly-educated, holier-than-thou reformer is an automatic hook. Don't get any tribal feelings about that description, either. The most sanctimonious holier-than-thou people I know are progressive social activists, not religious zealots. (Ooooh. Look at all the labeling in that sentence!) — Rory Miller

Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve. — Randy Pausch

The best food I've ever eaten in my life has come from the poorest communities. — Jamie Oliver

The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a series of identically measured lines. It sounds like a series of subtle variations on the same theme. — James Fenton