Der Staat Quotes & Sayings

...she was herself entire, and knew she could not be consumed. — Helen Oyeyemi

Two years ago, George Bush felt prompted to address this issue. More spending on public education, said the president, isn't "the best answer." Mr. Bush went on to caution parents of poor children who see money "as a cure" for education problems. "A society that worships money ... ," said the president, "is a society in peril." The president himself attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts - a school that spends $11,000 yearly on each pupil, not including costs of room and board. If money is a wise investment for the education of a future president at Andover, it is no less so for the child of poor people in Detroit. But the climate of the times does not encourage this belief, and the president's words will surely reinforce that climate. — Jonathan Kozol

One thought includes all thought, in the sense that a grain of sand includes the universe. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

That nervous energy that makes people like you and I want and go after everything in the world - bump our heads on all the hard walls and scratch our hands on all the briars - but it makes living great - doesn't it - I'm glad I want everything in the world - good and bad - bitter and sweet - I want it all and a lot of it too — Georgia O'Keeffe

Hangeul is perhaps the most scientific system of writing in general use in any country. — Edwin O. Reischauer

All I'm out for is a good time - all the rest is propaganda. — Alan Sillitoe

He laid his hands on her head, pushing back the hood. He began to speak. His voice was soft, and the words were in no tongue she had ever heard. The sound of them came into her heart like rain falling. She grew still to listen. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The neurotic lies awake at night, composing letters to those he hates. He seldom thinks of dropping a line to those he loves. — Mignon McLaughlin

Sewn together patterns,
like many clashing moods,
She wears what
No others dare — Maddy Kobar

I never really knew about my ancestors until this year, when I learned that the name Cobain was Irish. My parents had never bothered to find that stuff out. — Kurt Cobain

February was sobbing and blustering its lachrymose way into March, when she received a letter from the Dean. — Dorothy L. Sayers

I'm used to pressure. When writing must get done, I work in bed, on a bus, a train. — Darren Star

And even if you don't have material possessions, pretending like you have your shit together is the best way to have your shit together until you actually do. — The Betches

To me, voluntary simplicity means integration and awareness in my life. — Duane Elgin