Dornerworks Quotes & Sayings

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make a turning point of it, we were assigned to the humanities, to poetry, philosophy, painting
the nursery games of humankind, which had to be left behind when the age of science began. The humanities would be called upon to choose a wallpaper for the crypt, as the end drew near. — Saul Bellow

Oh, I have just had an idea - after tea I shall attack myself with sandpaper. — Dodie Smith

People who believe a problem can be solved tend to get busy solving it. — William Raspberry

I can't seem to make myself care about anything to the right or left of the present. — Isaac Marion

Unbeliever is he who follows predestination even if he be Muslim, Faithful is he, if he himself is the Divine Destiny. — Muhammad Iqbal

The God of popular religion is not holy. — R.C. Sproul

Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives become hell. — Muammar Al-Gaddafi

A pillow for thee will I bring,Stuffed with down of angel's wing. — Richard Crashaw

I should do the things that make me feel cool and smart. As I get older, I'm realizing more and more that it doesn't really matter if I'm good at it, it just matters that I try. My own effort, my own willingness, are becoming what's appealing to me. — Lena Dunham

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. — Harry Golden

Its whole expanse was covered with tall, juicy grass, and when the wind blew, great waves passed over it with a sound like troubled water. (The Grassy Ocean) — Michael Ende

Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is only existent after an individual meets the adopted standards of the condemner; oppositely, unconditional love is a holy love. — Criss Jami

As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we will begin to rekindle that common spark that brought us here from 50 different states and widely diverging backgrounds to serve the public good. — Mark Udall

She puts on her poker face; I don't have any extra faces to put on, just the normal Craig face. — Ned Vizzini

The world is a very complex and interesting place and that is what I really want my fiction to say: wake up to how amazing the world is. — Dean Koontz