Dictee Quotes & Sayings

Don't go to sleep now, for you have been awakened. Don't shut your eyes, or you will put out the light. Stay awake to the power and force that guides and protects your divine essence. — Debbie Ford

It's very easy I think when you're a creative person to wait for the right thing and to start getting self-conscious about how you are going to express what you do and what's special about you. I would say in general, a lot of times the answer is that you just dive into something and you find your own voice through that process. — Mitchell Hurwitz

Praise be to Him who brings our loved ones home from el ghurba (exile) — Susan Abulhawa

Remember that we sometimes demand explanations for the sake not of their content, but of their form. Our requirement is an architectural one; the explanation a kind of sham corbel that supports nothing. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

In interviews with dozens of black advisers, friends, donors and allies, few said they had ever heard Mr. Obama muse on the experience of being the first black president of the United States, a role in which every day he renders what was once extraordinary almost ordinary. — Jodi Kantor

Kitten ... " "Don't Kitten me." I scowled, on a roll now. "You left around five or so and didn't get back till when? Past two in the morning? What were you guys doing? And get that stupid smile off your face. This isn't funny." Daemon tried to get rid of the smile but failed. "I love when your claws come out. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level. — Alan Watts

As Susan Fiske and Kareem Johnson describe in the first two essays of this anthology, recent research in social neuroscience has revealed that prejudiced reactions are linked to rapidly activated structures in the brain that were developed long ago in our evolutionary history. Does this mean that racism is hardwired into our neural circuitry? — Jason Marsh

Now, although my life is still pleasant, the days of easy money are over. — Ben Stein

I think the real problem is that nobody buys albums anymore, so you don't get the depth of the artists that are out today. What you get is whatever they felt is politically correct to get on there and actually make some impact. I think that's where you're losing your depth. You're only getting the very top of everything. It really bothers me. — Gary Allan