Dreckman Quotes & Sayings

Wildness was ever sounding in our ears, and Nature saw to it that besides school lessons some of her own lessons should be learned, perhaps with a view to the time when we should be called to wander in wildness to our heart's content. — John Muir

Real literature is something much better than a harmless instrument for getting through idle hours. The purpose of great literature is to help us to develop into full human beings. — Russell Kirk

Marriage is the Mack truck driving through your life, revealing your flaws and humbling your reactions. — Timothy Keller

From suffering to suffering, he had gradually arrived at the conviction that life is a war; and that in this war he was the conquered. — Victor Hugo

I was married to a dancer who had a dance company in New York City, and she toured. — John Cullum

I will take a backseat to no one in keeping America safe. I have a very clear set of proposals about how we defeat ISIS. — Hillary Clinton

Perhaps the better word is emotional yes, I am an emotional man. — Gyorgy Ligeti

I don't really believe in moral victories. You can have them when you're dealing with public opinion, but in litigation, you want to win the case. I want to win. — David Boies

When you know your enemy is invincible,
run and hide, or may do business with him. — Toba Beta

I enjoy a third act, and I like stories with ending. A lot of my frustration with serialized storytelling is a lot of shows don't have a third act. They have an endless second act, and then they find out it's their last year and often have to hustle to invent a third act, but they were never necessarily organically meaning to begin with. — Nic Pizzolatto

In three hundred feet, turn right, Darth Vader said. The Darth Vader. I felt like we were friends now. Like I could tell him anything. — Darynda Jones

The dead have highways." Clive Barker — Clive Barker

Sometimes I need silence; sometimes I need voices around - but not too loud or distinctive. I guess it depends on the piece in question, what stage I'm in. I think some voices can help me not to try too hard - especially at the beginning stages. Does that make sense? By some voice I mean, low chatter in the room. When there's low chatter in the room, I'm a little more relaxed, my mind might be a little more open. — Paul Lisicky

I think one of poetry's functions is not to give us what we want ... The poet isn't always of use to the tribe. The tribe thrives on the consensual. The tribe is pulling together to face the intruder who threatens it. Meanwhile, the poet is sitting by himself in the graveyard talking to a skull. — Heather McHugh

I saw a movie once that said that two people in a family aren't enough. — Rebecca Salas