Dortha Wright Quotes & Sayings

[On writing:] What a difficult kind of work to choose! But of course one did not choose it. There was no choice. — Ivy Compton-Burnett

Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

So you see that the eye of the intellect has received supernatural light, infused by grace, by which the doctors and saints knew light in darkness, and of darkness made light. — Catherine Of Siena

Your kids are happy if you're happy. And if your love is happy, then everything works. I think a lot of people think once the children are there, it's all about the children. But you can't forget about your best friend, your lover, your husband. — Heidi Klum

Despise no new accident in your body, but ask opinion of it ... There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man's observation, what he finds good and of what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health. — Francis Bacon

But in the garden of simple, where all of us are nameless, you were never anything but beautiful to me. — Ani DiFranco

He has made a profession out of a business and an art out of a profession. — Clifton Fadiman

The ultimate goal of all of life is to know and love God, make him known, and thereby glorify him. — Erik Thoennes

My grandma has fake teeth but her smile is real — Jason Myers

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday. — Wilma Rudolph

You write fiction, you're writing memoir, and when you're writing memoir, you're writing fiction. — Elizabeth Gilbert

I feel like a lot of time my writing is like having about twenty boxes of Christmas decorations. But no tree. You're going, Where do I put this? Then they go, Okay, you can have a tree, but we'll blindfold you and you gotta cut it down with a spoon. — Carolyn Chute

The method of producing comics in Japan is very hectic, but it's also rewarding because it's possible to do both the story and art all by yourself. In this way, it's possibly to bring out one's individuality. If this idea appeals to you, I call on you to try drawing your own manga. — Akira Toriyama

Part of the problem in politics is that people only look at the next four to eight years: kick the can down the road and say, 'Hey, it's the next person's problem.' — Michael Nutter