Dirven Quotes & Sayings

The United States is a successful nation that is constantly susceptible to melancholy because things are not perfect. — George F. Will

[Men] act in response to an outward situation, and on being presented with an opportunity to conform to a pattern. If the pattern gives licence to cruelty, so much the better. They take advantage of the licence so thoughtlessly, so thoroughly, that it becomes perfectly clear: the generality of mankind are only waiting for the chance, only waiting for outward circumstance to sanction brutality and allow them to be cruel and brutal to their heart's content. — Thomas Mann

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success. — Helen Hayes

I've been writing plays since the seventies and only came to moviemaking when I basically realized that I needed some money to pay the rent. I started to watch films with an eye to figuring out how to write them. — John Patrick Shanley

There's a lot of shoes that people consider high-end fashion, from Balenciaga to this and that or whatever, and the Pro Models are very similar to me. They're very fashionable to me - the design and the shape of them. I just like them. — Big Sean

It wasn't a potential atonement actuated by the sinner, it was an actual atonement initiated by the savior. — John F. MacArthur Jr.

But war only ends for those who have not been in one. — Simon Van Booy

The galleys ... had been dirven onto the rocks of Skagos, the isle of unicorns and cannibals where even the Blind Bastard had feared to land. — George R R Martin

For some things there are no wrong seasons. Which is what I dream of for me. — Mary Oliver

Stick with your own perception of yourself-living in your own world-and letting your reality, not the reality presented by other people or particular situations, control your performance. — John Eliot

I was a daydreamer as a kid. I want to act because of whatever artistic bone is in my body. I want to explore what it is to be alive. I just want to make good sh-t. — Natalie Dormer

She can't even think anymore, she prefers to sing. — Elena Poniatowska

I wanted him to be happy and it was also going to be the thing that hurt the most — Mhairi McFarlane

All skinny guys with beards are jerks — Randy Quaid