Dubus Eme Quotes & Sayings

Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end ... — Thomas Aquinas

Life's not meant to be spent in a cubical — Blair Redd

And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course. Not my fault. They taught it at 8 o'clock in the morning. And there is absolutely nothing you can learn out of one bloodshot eye. — Lewis Black

You almost died tonight, he wanted to say. You dumb son of a bitch, you nearly died ... and then what would we have done?
And not "we" as in the Brotherhood.
Not even "we" as in he and John.
More like ... "me". — J.R. Ward

If you truly desire money so keenly that your desire is an obsession, you will have no difficulty in convincing yourself that you will acquire it. The object is to want money, and to be so determined to have it that you convince yourself that you will have it. — Napoleon Hill

There are creatures in this world, small things and pretty things, which burn within them a fire for survival. — S.C. Barrus

When I wake up, I always thank God. I'm grateful for another day, and he's allowed me this tiny thing that we should be appreciative of. — LaToya Jackson

One half of the pleasure experienced at a theatre arises from the spectator's sympathy with the rest of the audience, and, especially from his belief in their sympathy with him. — Edgar Allan Poe

History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible by those less resolute. Prompt decision and whole-souled action sweep the world before them. — Orison Swett Marden

Philosophy? What good is that?" Isn't it the art of saying nothing with as many words as possible? — Brandon Sanderson

In my case, I played sports my whole life. I got out of college, and I didn't bother to get health care coverage because I just figured I didn't need it. But you know that if you blow out your knee on a basketball court or you get in a car accident, and you're uninsured, it can bankrupt you. — Denis McDonough

I do enjoy running down a ditch full of mud, firing bullets. It's the way I am. I love it. — Prince

I have a car in Nebraska. When I bought it, they gave me a satellite radio, and there's an 'indie-rock' station. It's just nothing I'm interested in. — Conor Oberst

The word maybe was beginning to annoy me, because the only thing that was fixed was that maybe would be with me forever. — Markus Zusak

The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household. — Amar Bose