Dinukot Quotes & Sayings

Be happy to, I said, cringing to hear such a dumb, folksy locution escape my lips, then launched into my well-rehearsed precis. The fact that humankind now finds itself in a post-Darwinian epistemological condition, I explained, need not trouble us from an ethical perspective. — James K. Morrow

An old Gordita reflex, dating back to shortly after the Second World War, when a black family had actually tried to move into town and the citizens, with helpful advice from the Ku Klux Klan, had burned the place to the ground and then, as if some ancient curse had come into effect, refused to allow another house ever to be built on the site. The lot stood empty until the town finally confiscated it and turned it into a park, where the youth of Gordita Beach, by the laws of karmic adjustment, were soon gathering at night to drink, dope, and fuck, depressing their parents, though not property values particularly. — Thomas Pynchon

And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use. — Martin Chemnitz

She sat there majestic in her armchair, filling every inch of it. Not even a mouse could have squeezed in to sit beside her. — Roald Dahl

I took in her shoes, the dark leather and bright red laces, the toes of the shoes like smirks and the high heels like stems or talons. They were cancan shoes. I'd never seen them before and so I stared at them. I'd — Alexander Chee

Everything I say is 95% truthful. — Si Robertson

In '86 or '87, the welfare lists were at the lowest level in 17 years. Why? Because the economy was the best it was in 17 years. There were jobs. — Mario Cuomo

My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson. — Paloma Faith

Life is full of amusement to an amusing man. — Henry Ward Beecher

The First Law of Pies: 'No Pastry, No Pie. — Janet Clarkson

He's gleeful to know something I don't. Which is annoying considering we're both aware that he knows everything about Parisian life, whereas I have the savvy of a chocolate croissant. — Stephanie Perkins

We had met with Ben Stiller here in LA when I was shooting The Ring and he was doing Meet The Fockers and we have friends in common. But we didn't know each other well. He's fantastic and we really had a great time on this and we were both laughing at where we were at, this other couple, and how it was mirroring what we were going through as well. It was clever writing in that way. — Naomi Watts

Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare. — Harriet Martineau

First-hand acquaintance with the actual texts is always the best way. — N. T. Wright

I love when things bend out of shape. That's why I love drum and bass music. — Kevin Shields