Derderian Brothers Quotes & Sayings

I am myself. That is not enough. — Sylvia Plath

An entirely new factor has appeared in the social development of the country, and this factor is the Irish-American, and his influence. To mature its powers, to concentrate its action, to learn the secret of its own strength and of England's weakness, the Celtic intellect has had to cross the Atlantic. At home it had but learned the pathetic weakness of nationality; in a strange land it realised what indomitable forces nationality possesses. What captivity was to the Jews, exile has been to the Irish: America and American influence have educated them. — Oscar Wilde

Spring is worth the wait. Life is worth the death. — N.D. Wilson

Experience had proven that the only way these regulations would be heeded was if they were implemented by force. — Azar Nafisi

All passion is childish. It's banal and naive. It's nothing we learn; it's instinctive, and so it overwhelms us. Overturns us. It bears us away in a flood. All other emotions belong to the earth, but passion inhabits the universe. That is the reason why passion is worth something, not for what it gives us but for what it demands that we risk. — Fredrik Backman

As surely as wherever the darkness is not, there you will find the light; wherever the ego is not, there you will find the soul. — Jennifer Sweete

Noise is the typographical error and the poorly designed page ... Ambiguity is noise. Redundancy is noise. Misuse of words is noise. Vagueness is noise. Jargon is noise. — William Zinsser

God wants an opportunity to prove who He is. — Johnny Hunt

Be a hard worker. Work and happiness are like mother and daughter. Work brings forth happiness. Hard work brings great happiness. Enjoy life. — Israelmore Ayivor

For just a moment in time, we were just a boy and a girl, running and laughing in the rain on our wedding day. — Mia Sheridan

Vanitas vanitatum has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair. — Frederick Locker-Lampson

It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought. — James Douglas

Van Gogh on Christmas:
And now we're slowly heading towards winter, and many dread it, but Christmas is wonderful, it's like the moss on the roofs and like the pine and the holly and the ivy in the snow.
Isleworth, 10 November 1876 — Liesbeth Heenk

As humans we look at things and think about what we've looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery. — Thom Gunn

So be it. I'll wear my iron and hold my tongue. A man who won't listen can't hear. — George R R Martin