Deken Quotes & Sayings

A wiser and more useful philosophy, however, directs us to consider man according to the nature in which he was formed; subject to infirmities, which no wisdom can remedy; to weaknesses, which no institution can strengthen; to vices, which no legislation can correct. Hence, — John Quincy Adams

Once, I optioned a novel and tried to do a screenplay on it, which was great fun, but I was too respectful. I was only 100 pages into the novel and I had about 90 pages of movie script going. I realized I had a lot to learn. — Gene Hackman

I don't know what this will make you think of me," I said.
"That any man who's with you better pay attention, or they'll find you gone. — C.D. Reiss

We are each the protagonist of our life story. — E.L. Tenenbaum

For me, it's always just been about finding material that I think is creative and interesting and fun and something that can expand me and that I can hopefully do something with. — Don Cheadle

Last Resort friends are for getting from, not giving to. — J.M. Richards

Please, try to eat a bit less meat, a bit more veggies from today. Let it become a habit gradually until not to eat meat anymore. Then, observe the changing of the body and spirit after eating veggies, fruits and grains ? — Gautama Buddha

There will be no song on our lips if there be no anguish in our hearts. — Karl Barth

Everything was down to chance, that the world existed in a state of perpetual chaos, and only some primitive storytelling instinct, itself doubtless a hangover from religion, retrospectively imposed meaning on what might or might not have happened. — Julian Barnes

It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've told my colleagues it's time that we go stand up for the president. — John Boehner

Rome is a broken mirror, the falling straps of a dress, a puzzle of astonishing complexity. It is an iceberg floating below our terrace, all its ballasts hidden beneath the surface. — Anthony Doerr

Sometimes I dream--"
"I'll put that on your gravestone. — Philip K. Dick

I use my markers as I go from place to place. Seeing evidence of my small rebellions, spots where my death was allowed to vent and has impacted the world around me, no longer safely encapsulated inside. My life is made of these tiny maps, my paths always steady as I move inside a constricted area, the only one I should ever be allowed to know.
My violence is everywhere here.
And I like it. — Mindy McGinnis