Danijel Defo Quotes & Sayings

Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls. — Ignatius Of Loyola

A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind. — Clive Bell

I thought that some of the hymns bespoke the true religion of the place. The people didn't really want to be saints of self-deprivation and hatred of the world. They knew that the world would sooner or later deprive them of all it had given them, but still they liked it. What they came together for was to acknowledge, just by coming, their losses and failures and sorrows, their need for comfort, their faith always needing to be greater, their wish (in spite of all words and acts to the contrary) to love one another and to forgive and be forgiven, their need for one another's help and company and divine gifts, their hope (and experience) of love surpassing death, their gratitude. — Wendell Berry

The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition. — Harriet Ann Jacobs

Yes, the more successful you are - or the stronger, the more opinionated - the less you will be generally liked. All of a sudden people will think you're too braggy, too loud, too something. But the trade-off is undoubtedly worth it. Power and authenticity are worth it. — Jessica Valenti

The irony is I did an intimate film in France with no stars and that got me to Hollywood. It got me to the Oscars. If I had tried to imitate the Americans or the Hollywood movies with a commercial recipe, I'd never have gotten to Hollywood. Although, it was not my goal in any way, and I never thought there was any connection between Monsieur Lazhar and the Oscars. — Philippe Falardeau

Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work. — Tom Peters

if gambling is exciting, you're doing it wrong. — Jordan Ellenberg

My mother wrote a couple of romances when I was a kid, and I always saw books in our bookshelf with 'Schroeder' on the spine. — Karl Schroeder

I hate picking out clothes. — G-Eazy

[ ... ]so I just sat there surrounded by Dutchness, feeling awkward and hopeful. — John Green

Amy rang the bell when morning to gather the servants for prayers. The cook's small boy, pointing to the bell, said, "It's a god."
'I looked at the thing, it had a scratched face on the handle, and the face, he declared, was Ram's. I think the young scamp meant nothing more serious than a bit of mischief, but I knocked the bell handle off and pushed it into a fire which was burning near. He could never say that again! They all looked on, servants and coolies, and nobody said a word. Would a god let me do that? I asked them, and walked off, caring the battery bell. — Elisabeth Elliot

In all things there is a kind of law of cycles.
[Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.] — Tacitus

To Seek Glory in Battle is Glorious emerged high above the planet's southern continent, almost two thirds of the way to the pole. — Craig Alanson

The things that converge in the writing of a play come from a complex of motives, a genesis shrouded in a certain kind of mystery. — Athol Fugard