Datejust 41 Quotes & Sayings

They are ordinarily men to whom forms are of paramount importance. Their field of action lies among the external phenomena of life. They possess the vast ability in grasping, and arranging, and appropriating to themselves the big, heavy, solid unrealities, such as gold, landed estate, offices of trust and emolument, and public honors. With these materials, and with deeds of goodly aspect, done in the public eye, an individual of this class builds up, as it were, a tall and stately edifice, which, in the view of other people, and ultimately in his own view, is no other than the man's character, or the man himself. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because you have to hold it in your hands, because a book sits there, waiting for you, whether you think you want it or not, because of all these things, a book is a friend. It's not just the content, but the physical being of a book that is there for you always and unconditionally. — Mo Willems

I don't feel comfortable making empty music. — Talib Kweli

Dieter had a theory that was pure Faust. Thought alone was valueless. You must act for thought to become effective. He used to say that the greatest mistake man ever made was to distinguish between the mind and the body: an order does not exist if it is not obeyed. — John Le Carre

And, as Stevie Rae would have said, Kalona was as wrong as manboobs. — P.C. Cast

All I know is that you can get very little from a book that is making you weep with the effort of reading it. You won't remember it, and you'll learn nothing from it, and you'll be less likely to choose a book over Big Brother next time you have a choice. — Nick Hornby

Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time. — Carly Fiorina

History is too much about wars; biography too much about great men. — Virginia Woolf

Remember the philosophy of the U.S. Navy SEALs: I will never quit ... My Nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down, I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my teammates ... I am never out of the fight. — Marcus Luttrell

Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health. — Martial

It's my job to worry about you. I'm in love with you, Stacy. I have been ever since I can remember. It's always been you. — Barbra Annino

Just because you do something every day, doesn't mean that it isn't an accomplishment every time. — Anonymous

The excitement of creating is followed by desperate self-doubt. Courage and inspiration compete with discouragement and despair. — Diana Pavlac Glyer