Doctrinarism Quotes & Sayings

Baby Kochamma grudged them their moments of high happiness when a dragonfly they'd caught lifted a small stone off their palms with its legs, or when they had permission to bathe the pigs, or they found an egg hot form a hen. But most of all, she grudged them the comfort they drew from each other. She expected from them some token unhappiness. At the very least. — Arundhati Roy

He (Babe Ruth) was very brave at the plate. You rarely saw him fall away from a pitch. He stayed right in there. No one drove him out. — Casey Stengel

It was in the defects that they [servants] invariably acquired that I learned of my own natural, invariable defects, and their character presented me with a sort of negative proof of my own. — Marcel Proust

Some of us are more concerned with our reputation than our character. The latter takes care of the former. — LeCrae

The old man had often praised his strength. He had always been generous in his praise. It was all he had to give. — Anonymous

We discover truth by asking rapier-like questions that cut through the thick fog of doctrinarism. Artists and philosophers must be subversive: we need these rebellious cynics to ask questions, they must resist cultural norms; seek out truths that are not self-evident and challenge everything. Doubt, not blind belief, is essential for discovering truth. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Some infinites are longer than other infinites — The Fault In Our Stars John Green.

Judith, do you take Ian for your husband?" She looked up at him before giving her answer. "We'll see — Julie Garwood