Directly Withdrawn Quotes & Sayings

All of this was well meaning bullshit. But bullshit is still bullshit and will never be mistaken for McDonald's secret sauce. — Stephen King

Immediately, Mrs. Ramsay seemed to fold herself together, one petal closed in another, and the whole fabric fell in exhaustion upon itself, so that she had only strength enough to move her finger, in exquisite abandonment to exhaustion, across the page of Grimm's fairy story, while there throbbed through her, like the pulse in a spring which has expanded to its full width and now gently ceases to beat, the rapture of successful creation. — Virginia Woolf

If every book was judged by its cover, very few would be read; education would be limited, and fewer movies would be made. — Ellen J. Barrier

Well, I don't know any piece by heart, but Mozart goes something like this ... What do you think? — Robert Morris

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. — Oscar Wilde

Honesty, sincerity, and openness, I esteem essential marks of a good mind, — David McCullough

If children are allowed free development and given occupation to correspond with their unfolding minds their natural goodness will shine forth. — Maria Montessori

It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things. — Neil Finn

Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two. — Wislawa Szymborska

Follow me down, Alice Faye Dahl. I know the way. — Elle Lothlorien

With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit. — Gautama Buddha

If the hideous monster Frankenstein came face to face with the monster of marijuana he would drop dead of fright. — Harry J. Anslinger

The sum of all vices does not remain constant. Each one breeds another. — David Lagercrantz

I thought everything in the world was already discovered. Already in my books. A lot of dead stuff that put me to sleep. That was the day I understood the world is still living. — Barbara Kingsolver