Derrygiff Quotes & Sayings

It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name, but is the overwhelming authority and respectability of mankind combined. Men reverence one another, not yet God. — Henry David Thoreau

The high shelf
Where you stacked the bad thing, hoping for calm,
Broke. It rolled down. It follows you to the end. — John Wain

He was the bandage - and, now, the wound. — Aly Martinez

You say you're different,
yet you're just another typical. — Various

Have you ever had a large spider in the tub, figuring you'll wash it down the drain you turn on the shower, and set it to hot?
Only to have the stupid thing grab onto the edge of the drain and hiss at you!! — Neil Leckman

A book is a machine to think with. — Ivor A. Richards

When we rejoice in beautiful scenery, great art, and great music, it is but the flexing of instincts acquired in another place and another time. — Neal A. Maxwell

I've found from years of trial that the only way I can work is to make sketches in pencil from Nature, purely as reference material for future use in the studio. — E. J. Hughes

For each of us there is a set limit to our intellectual powers which we cannot pass. — Rene Descartes

Life is a lesson that must never be taken for granted. — Debra Roinestad

I remember being in the public library and my jaw just aching as I looked around at all those books I wanted to read. There just wasn't time enough to read everything I wanted to read. — Charles Kuralt

You can't have whatever you want. But to a child who must ask permission for every single thing, adulthood looks like a constant parade of every desire's satisfaction. It is a heady and terrifying place. It is the Otherworld. It is Fairyland. In fantasy, we make this literal. — Catherynne M Valente