Deduction Pro Quotes & Sayings

One yearns unspeakably for a composer who gives out his pair of honest themes, and then develops them unashamed, and then hangs a brisk coda to them, and then shuts up. — H.L. Mencken

Believe me, you never know the best about men till you know the worst about them. — G.K. Chesterton

Lines were a new experience for the Italians, but they caught on quickly to this American phenomenon. — Laurie Fabiano

The two fortresses which are the last to yield in the human heart, are hope and pride. — Lewis Howard Latimer

There was no better way to live, or worse. It was all terrible, and you had to do it constantly, — Alexandra Kleeman

There will be more calamities, more death, more despair. Not the slightest indication of a change anywhere. The cancer of our time is eating us away. Our heroes have killed themselves, or are killing themselves. — Henry Miller

What I do when it distresses me that there's something I can't remember, is. Are you listening?
Yes, Elisabeth said through the crying.
I imagine that whatever it is I've forgotten is folded close to me, like a sleeping bird.
What kind of bird? Elisabeth said.
A wild bird, Daniel said. Any kind. You'll know what kind when it happens. Then, what I do is, I just hold it there, without holding it to tight, and I let it sleep. And that's that. — Ali Smith

Men who live by robbing their fellow men of their labor and liberty have forfeited their right to know anything of the thoughts, feelings, or purposes of those whom they rob and plunder. They have by the single act of slaveholding voluntarily placed themselves beyond the laws of justice and honor, and have become only fitted for companionship with thieves and pirates - the common enemies of God and of all mankind. — Frederick Douglass

The new solo album sounds like me: I'm singing about bad business transactions, bodily fluids, and courage. — Kevin Drew

It's like a firstborn son: you spend your life working for him, sacrificing everything for him, and at the moment of truth, he does just as he pleases. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

You should know by now that it takes patience and a forgiving attitude to be friends with Travis. He's his own universe."
I shook my head. "That's the Travis everyone else sees ... not the Travis I know. — Jamie McGuire

How could I admit that the All-American Girl's force field of stoicism and self-reliance and do-unto-others-and-keep-smiling wasn't working, wasn't keeping pain and shame and powerlessness away?

From a young age I had learned to get over - to cover my tracks emotionally, to hide or ignore my problems in the belief that they were mine alone to solve. So when exhilarating transgressions required getting over on authority figures, I knew how to do it. I was a great bluffer. And when common, everyday survival in prison required getting over, I could do that too. This is what was approvingly described by my fellow prisoners as 'street-smarts,' as in 'You wouldn't think it to look at her, but Piper's got street-smarts. — Piper Kerman

Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and that expression. There's really nothing quite as satisfying. — Bryan Callen

What can be more solemn and absurd, considered in the abstract, than, symbolizing the existence of the other sex by taking off a portion of your clothing and waving it in the air? — G.K. Chesterton

You lead me and keep me from falling. You carry me close to Your heart. And surely Your goodness and mercy will follow me. — Chris Tomlin