Dodsworth Sinclair Quotes & Sayings

The worst thing that can be done to children is to drain their energy while correcting them. — James Redfield

Nemo enim est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere.
(No one is so old as to think that he cannot live one more year.) — Marcus Tullius Cicero

If the government controls, guarantees, channels, or directs investment, it is not capitalism. Pivotal to the investment process is interest rates. For entrepreneurs to control capital, interest rates must reflect its real cost rather than merely the cost of printing money. Otherwise the money printers will dominate investment. — George Gilder

We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth flirting with. — D.H. Lawrence

If we don't understand how metaphor works we will misunderstand most of what we read in the Bible. No matter how carefully we parse our Hebrew and Greek sentences, no matter how precisely we use our dictionaries and trace our etymologies, no matter how exactly we define the words on the page, if we do not appreciate the way a metaphor works we will never comprehend the meaning of the text. — Eugene H. Peterson

Meditation is not growth of the ego, it is death of the ego. — Rajneesh

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, and that craves wary walking. — William Shakespeare

The Water said to the dirty one, "Come here."
The dirty one said, "I am too ashamed."
The water replied, "How will your shame be washed away without me? — Rumi

Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified. — Polly Toynbee

if you have never trodden the path of love, go away and fall in love;
then come back and see us. — Jami

I am flagrantly nuts. I can say this because I am a doctor and I know about these things. — Deirdre-Elizabeth Parker

Those of us with illnesses are the holders of the silent fears of those with good health. — Elisabeth Tova Bailey

I believe the way I describe the problems in Chicago is that it's a metropolitan area. I've said that everywhere. The uneducated child is not just my problem, it's the state's problem. It's also the federal government's problem. — Richard M. Daley

Another superb movie about a mature marriage grounded in a fundamental lack of communication is Dodsworth, based on the Sinclair Lewis novel. — Jeanine Basinger