Diptych Painting Quotes & Sayings

I don't have any home. Everyone I grew up with, my family, are all dead. So I feel kind of like a ghost. I'm more interested in the past. — James Purdy

Set your fantasies in the here and now and then, if challenged, claim to be writing Magical Realism. — Neil Gaiman

Gentlemen. You are looking at the true Abraham Lincoln of Arabia. And in order to end our internal bickering - our civil war, if you will - I have solicited your aid. — Leonard Leventon

Before every action ask yourself. Will this bring more monkeys on my back. Will the result of my action be a blessing or a heavy burden? — Alfred Armand Montapert

I've never bought a stock unless, in my view, it was on sale. — John Neff

Extremists on the left tend to be just as critical of pragmatism as extremists on the right. — Richard M. Nixon

How brave a ladybug must be!
Each drop of rain is big as she.
Can you imagine what you'd do,
If raindrops fell as big as you? — Aileen Fisher

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will. — Joseph Stalin

There is something beyond freedom that people need: work, love, belief in something, commitment to something. Freedom is not enough.It's necessary but it'd not sufficient. It's what you do with freedom - what you give it up for - that matters — Lev Grossman

The Imperial Household, as represented by the Emperor, has been praying for the welfare of the people while nurturing harmonious relationship with them. Based on the people's respect and adoration for the Emperor, the Japanese people have stayed united. That is the essence of Japan's national heritage, I believe. — Yoshiko Sakurai