Delur Quotes & Sayings

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. — Joe Paterno

Writing is harmless, and it keeps me in dinners and out of trouble. — Paul Bowles

People told me to give up trying to be special and settle down to a regular life. There ain't nothing wrong with a regular life, and that's the Lord's truth ... But it wasn't for me, because I wanted to be something special ... I knew how easy it was for a dream to die. I seen that all around me. You could let it die by just looking the other way - you know, some of those Asian people say they don't kill nothing, but they'll take a fish out of water and lay it on the ground and then say it just died on its own - you can do that with a dream, too. And sometimes you can get so frustrated, you feel so bad about your dream, that you go on and kill it yourself. When you do that, you're killing a piece of yourself, too.
- Mr. Cephus — Walter Dean Myers

My interest generally is the hidden Americans; the ones who live far away from the headlines. — John Updike

I can remember how rude I could be at times to journalists and people phoning up for advice. — Benjamin Cohen

I do not deny certain kinds of biological differences. But I always ask under what conditions, under what discursive and institutional conditions, do certain biological differences - and they're not necessary ones, given the anomalous state of bodies in the world - become the salient characteristics of sex. — Judith Butler

I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God. — Keith Miller

God favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself. — Criss Jami

Acquaint yourself with fewer people, and as a result, you will backbite less frequently. — Sufyan Al-Thawri

There was a long time in my life where I made music that I thought my friends would like, or that I thought would get me a record deal, or what I thought I was supposed to make because that's what I was seeing in mainstream. I didn't know myself; I didn't find myself musically or, in real life. — Danny Brown

In the party of Lincoln and Reagan and much of the donor class, the defense of human life is what they think loses elections. They think we need to spend time on really popular ideas, like cutting your mom's Social Security check. — Gary Bauer

I was quite moved to see this huge crowd which attended the ceremony in the middle of the town. — Hermann Maier

Don't you see, Mara." He leaned in and whispered, "You're mine, now. — Sarah MacLean

Wait a minute," Hadrian said. "Was it a beat-up brown leather notebook?
About this big?" He gestured with his hands.
"Yes," the Patriarch said.
Arista looked back and forth between them. "How do you know that?"
"I know it because I have lived in the Crown Tower," the Patriarch
said.
"And you?" Arista looked at Hadrian, who hesitated.
"Ha-ha! Of course, of course. I knew it!" Cosmos DeLur chuckled and
clapped his hands together in single applause while smiling at Hadrian.
"Such a wonderfully delightful rumor as that had to be true. That is
an exquisite accomplishment."
"You stole it?" Arista asked.
"Yes, he did," the Patriarch declared.
"Actually," Hadrian said, "Royce and I did, but we put it back the next night. — Michael J. Sullivan