Dubsky Martin Quotes & Sayings

And if all could with one voice be asked whether they wished to be happy, there is no doubt they would all answer that they would. And this would not be possible unless the thing itself, which we call "happiness", were held in memory. — Augustine Of Hippo

Here, I say, I have amused myself in reading and thinking of my absent friend, sometimes with a mixture of pain, sometimes with pleasure, sometimes anticipating a joyful and happy meeting, whilst my heart would bound and palpitate with the pleasing idea, and with the purest affection I have held you to my bosom 'til my whole soul has dissolved in tenderness and my pen fallen from my hand. How often do I reflect with pleasure that I hold in possession a heart equally warm with my own, and fully as susceptible of the tenderest impressions, and who even now whilst he is reading here, feels all I describe. — David McCullough

I maintain that the best song is the one that ends up on the album. So whether I've written it or I haven't, I'm very comfortable with both. — Kylie Minogue

We really don't get to understand /why/ most of the time. It's true. — Matthew Quick

We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear. — Lucretius

After spending some time with my soul mate I have come to the conclusion that I may have something wrong with my soul — Garrison Wynn

Always wetweating-always wetweating! — Leo Tolstoy

...I lived for those long casual walks down the beach and the sight of her small footprints in the glistening wet sand... — Pat Conroy

Deep within all of us there is a yearning to be brave. And like all of our deepest, truest and best yearning, it comes from how we were made.Courage-the power to do the right thing even when it is scary and hard- resonates deeply with the original shape of our soul. — Gary Haugen

President Eisenhower, like many Americans, is a very fervent believer in a very vague religion. — Kevin M. Kruse

I was pretty dorky, but there are tiers of dorkdom and I always had friends, though they were equally dorky. I was one of those kids who contracted cooties in the second grade and then had cooties, because there wasn't a vaccine for it. When I was around people, though, I generally wanted to make them laugh. I told a lot of stories. — Sloane Crosley

Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure. — Piero Ferrucci

The most persistent hate is that which doth degenerate from love. — Walter Map

Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon ... is not the dragon the hero of his own story? — Erin Morgenstern

There have been rich meat and bloody wine. There have been brandies, and thick puddings. There has already been some dirty talk. Selina is in high spirits, and as for me, I'm a gurgling wizard of calorific excess. — Martin Amis