Dosadna Quotes & Sayings

I think the culture can absorb so many people writing poetry and trying to earn their living in poetry. — Edward Hirsch

For all the claims of his detractors that Stewart is the epitome of East Coast elitism, there is more self-deprecating New Jersey grit here than arrogant Manhattan elan. — Anonymous

We are all fragile. It's the thing we learn in war — Kristin Hannah

There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. — David Belle

The content of Saul Leiter's photographs arrives on a sort of delay: it takes a moment after the first glance to know what the picture is about. You don't so much see the image as let it dissolve into your consciousness, like a tablet in a glass of water. — Teju Cole

Frederic Leighton to James McNeill Whistler: 'My dear Whistler, you leave your pictures in such a sketchy, unfinished state. Why don't you ever finish them?' James McNeill Whistler to Frederic Leighton: 'My dear Leighton, why do you ever begin yours? — James Whistler

You can't let the good things people say make you feel too good, because you're going to let the bad things make you feel bad. — Eddie Murphy

For a free country to continue thriving, there have to be regular reforms, because any society, any economy that stays in place, you're going to see repeated attempts to exploit the openings for twisting policy to the advantage of those who already have wealth and power. — Al Gore

I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself. — Branford Marsalis

Early admission programs tend to advantage the advantaged. — Derek Bok

If you carry a paperback book in your back pocket, but spend more time on your hair than you do reading it, you're probably a bad actor. — Dov Davidoff

There were certain qualities you possessed carelessly. And you couldn't retrieve them when they were gone. The very act of caring made them impossible to regain. — Ann Brashares

Some people find clarity threatening. They like muddle, confusion, obscurity. So when somebody does no more than speak clearly it sounds threatening. — Richard Dawkins

People can certainly be creative when they're under the gun, but only when they're able to focus on the work. — Teresa Amabile

But words are all we have, their essence the only passage into our centers, the only way we can make people feel what we feel — Lisa Unger