Dess Gek Quotes & Sayings

Singing doesn't have to mean that you sound like Stevie Wonder. I love to sing. I'm not the greatest singer in the world. But, a lot of my favorite singers aren't the greatest singers in the world. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Faith may rise into miracles of might, as some few wise men have shown; faith may sink into credulities of weakness, as the mass of fools have witnessed. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

It's better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books. — Italo Calvino

We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost — George McGovern

As awful as it had been, their exchange hung on in her mind as a model of what can happen, of what had almost never happened at any other point in her life: that two different people see each other and help each other, while carrying on being themselves. If — Sarah Tolmie

The human heart: its expansions and contractions its electrics and hydraulics the warm tides that move and fill it. For years Art had studied it from a safe distance from many perspectives ... he listened in fascination and revulsion, in envy and pity. He dispensed canned wisdom, a little scripture. He sent them on their way with a prayer. — Jennifer Haigh

What rioters, out of control, are really protesting about is life itself. Most people do not like it, it's humiliating for almost everyone. — Kurt Vonnegut

Wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her. — Haruki Murakami

To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting. — Meg Whitman

They will not be swayed, they have power in their sights and are blinded by its alluring glister. — A.H. Septimius

The toughest thing about homework is getting mom and pop to agree on the same answer. — Joey Lauren Adams

People don't live nowadays: they get about ten percent out of life. — Isadora Duncan

I couldn't help shaking my head as I looked at him. Ian slept like a baby every morning - well, a baby who continually kept one hand down his pants. — Jeaniene Frost

Even without them touching me, I feel dirty about what I do. Alex does even filthier things but says it all washes off with soap. I don't believe that. I think it all leaves stains. Indelible stains. — Ellen Hopkins