Dirty Lineman Quotes & Sayings

I've had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can't quite make out what it is. It takes time. — Charles Bukowski

It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. — Walker Evans

The true man of genius deliberately subordinates himself, reduces himself to a negative, and allows his genius to play through him as It will. We all know how stupid we are when we try to do things. Seek to make any other muscle work as consistently as your heart does without your silly interference
you cannot keep it up for forty-eight hours. — Aleister Crowley

Hard work is often the easy work you did not do at the proper time. — Bernard Meltzer

We cannot love our enemies until we see those twin truths: God loves me. God loves them. — Mary E. DeMuth

Knowing I would die for you, how would you live if you were worthy of that sacrifice? Live that way. — Brent Weeks

When you're a kid, you tend to see the best in your mates. Because at least they're not as bad as your parents. — Camilla Way

A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation. — Zhuangzi

I like to read I"m ten and a half. — Jack Carter

When I looked around me, fate seemed to be the only explanation for what was happening. — Ji-li Jiang

What a mind that woman must have! he said with admiration. It was the hushed tone of a jeweller studying the largest and finest diamond he will ever see. — Frances Hardinge

Beauty really was skin-deep. Wesley Rush may have had the body of a Greek god, but his soul was as black and empty as the inside of my closet. What a bastard! — Kody Keplinger

Every person, young and old, has had his own personal experience with falling. Falling is what we mortals do. But as long as we are willing to rise up again and continue on the path toward the spiritual goals God has given us, we can learn something from failure and become better and happier as a result. My dear friends, no matter how many times you have slipped or fallen, rise up! Your destiny is a glorious one! Stand tall and walk in the light of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ! You are stronger than you realize. You are more capable than you can imagine. You can do it now! — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

He'd sit and listen to Nana's Jesus stories all day, but when she turned to the Old Testament prophets, Louis Valentine's little face would darken. He said, I hate it when God is mean! — Donald McCaig

Good is towing the line, being behaved, being quiet, being passive, fitting in, being liked, and great is being messy, having a belly, speaking your mind, standing up for what you believe in, fighting for another paradigm, not letting people talk you out of what you know to be true. — Eve Ensler