Dobbies Stirling Quotes & Sayings

Every child is conceived either in love or lust, is born in pain, followed by joy or sometimes remorse. — Jennifer Worth

One of the terrifying things about my life is that it belongs to me. It has never been lived before, nor will it ever be again. Every second is a brand-new possession. — Ali Shaw

Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be — Condoleezza Rice

I don't know what it would be like to actually play guitar. I've toured with a lot of comedians and it's never been like it is for a rock band. — Eugene Mirman

Perhaps one would be wise when young even to avoid thinking of oneself as a writer - for there's something a little stopped and satisfied, too healthy, in that. Better to think of writing, of what one does as an activity, rather than an identity - to write, I write; we write; to keep the calling a verb rather than a noun; to keep working at the thing, at all hours, in all places, so that your life does not become a pose, a pornography of wishing. — Lorrie Moore

It is not possible to make a LASTING compromise between technology and freedom, because technology is by far the more powerful social force and continually encroaches on freedom through REPEATED compromises. — Theodore Kaczynski

I can't stand quitters. My mother is a very strong, determined woman. I was peeling onions when I was seven, but I walked off when my eyes began to sting. She said to me, 'You start something and you finish it', and that stuck with me. I'm persistent. — Estelle

In French: La Fugitive, Albertine disparue Also translated as: The Sweet Cheat Gone, Albertine Gone — Stephen Fall

Plato dramatically puts the detachment of the philosopher from his time this way: to philosophize is to prepare to die. — Rebecca Goldstein

Catastrophe is change on the fast track. Disaster is a laboratory for adaptability. — Robert Watson