Doxato Quotes & Sayings

We have language and they do not. Chimps communicate by embracing, patting, looking - all these things. And they have lots of sounds. But they cannot sit and discuss. They cannot teach about things that are not present, as far as we know. — Jane Goodall

At the inauguration of each sentence, the writer commences with an optimistic sense of curiosity. Similar to an inquisitive explorer, a writer begins each thoughtful decree with an appreciative sense of the unknown and ends with a reverent regard for the unanswerable. Repeating this instigating act of discovery by placing a combination of sentences down on paper creates a unique verdict. The writer's compilation of pronouncements expresses their interpretation of life. Replicating this creative endeavor in the futile effort to say it all imitates the revolving mystery of life where physical reality and mysterious forces of nature operate upon humankind. — Kilroy J. Oldster

The light still shone in the dark, a beacon, drawing him forward to the edge of the map, the place where the cartographer might mark "here there be dragons. — Dennis Detwiller

It's all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies; our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh, what about forgiving our friends? — Willa Cather

Men see beauty wherever they can get it. But that's the allure of the Red Light Princess. Like any good whore, she's whoever you want her to be. — James W. Bodden

They call people who love London 'Anglophiles' and people who love France 'Francophiles.' I'd be the New York version of that. — T. R. Knight

Strong women are like laptops.
There are highly functional, indoor and outdoor.
But you have to keep them charged with love! — Manoj Vaz

It is the grand endeavor of the gospel to communicate God to men. — Horace Bushnell

He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour. — Samuel Smiles

I don't think there is any religious revival. I think what we are hearing, the furor, is merely the hysterical response of the churches the handwriting on the wall that they are seeing. — Daniel Dennett

Non-co-operation is the quickest method of creating public opinion. — Mahatma Gandhi

The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they've had minor leagues - they've had local rightwing guys who've become national rightwing guys, and who build slowly, and that's how it goes. We haven't had that. It isn't like we have a farm team. — Al Franken

Something as straightforward as a difference could lead to something as complex as a breakdown. — Jeanette Winterson

I don't write the same book over and over - I think if I did that, I would stop writing. I couldn't write a series with the same character, and I couldn't write a romance novel over and over again that takes place at a different beach every year. That's not who I am. — Jodi Picoult