Ditzy Doo Quotes & Sayings

This, reader, is an honest book ... I want to appear in my simple, natural and everyday dress, without strain or artifice; for it is myself that I portray — Michel De Montaigne

Not to appreciate life, all of life, is not to deserve it. — Leonardo Da Vinci

It is impossible for the sane to truly understand madness. — Lance Conrad

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself. — Sugar Ray Leonard

A land of brass and steel and clockwork, of steam airships, cogs that turned and wheels that spun. — Emma Trevayne

Sometimes I feared I'd turn into a bat myself, stuck up there night and day, scrathing away. [Vincent] — Karen Maitland

Colonial power, patriarchal power, capitalist power must always and everywhere be battled, because they never, ever quit. (Junot Diaz) — Carolina De Robertis

How lucky we are that we love each other so much that we burst into three pieces. — Julia Roberts

If it is possible to be homesick for the world, even places one has never been and knows one will never see, this book is the child of such homesickness. — Huston Smith

The Greeks were so committed to ideas as supernatural forces that they created an entire group of goddesses (not one but nine) to represent creative power; the opening lines of both The Iliad and The Odyssey begin with calls to them. These nine goddesses, or muses, were the recipients of prayers from writers, engineers, and musicians. Even the great minds of the time, like Socrates and Plato, built shrines and visited temples dedicated to their particular muse (or muses, for those who hedged their bets). Right now, under our very secular noses, we honor these beliefs in our language, as the etymology of words like museum ("place of the muses") and music ("art of the muses") come from the Greek heritage of ideas as superhuman forces. — Scott Berkun

I never carry money, just like the real Queen. If I fancy something in a shop I always ask someone on our staff to buy it. — Freddie Mercury

My goal isn't to shock. — Taylor Momsen

As the editor-in-chief of the do-it-yourself magazine 'Make,' I've met scores of dedicated makers. They come from all walks of life - rich, poor, young, old, male, female, religious, atheist, liberal, conservative. — Mark Frauenfelder

Your greatest difficulty is with yourself; for you are your own stumbling-block. You do not know what you want. You are better at approving the right course than at following it out. You see where the true happiness lies, but you have not the courage to attain it. — Seneca.

When leaders die to pushing their own agendas and realize that leadership is the act of dying to self, those around them are profoundly transformed. Selfless leadership opens a space for God to flow into. — Mark Sayers