Dumbest Tweets Quotes & Sayings

I do think of my reader, or listener, really, more often, if I give a lecture, for example, and I know that I'm talking to these people; I enjoy sort of preening them a bit. But it's a matter of decorum, basically. — William H Gass

Everyone has tragedy in their life at one time or another, it's how they deal with it that defines them. — Andrew Peterson

There are some fights none of us can win. — Amy Rae Durreson

Honesty, I went through terrible, terrible times where I just took myself over the coals. I thought I must be the most impure person in the world ... but because that is reverse egotism, I thought I must be the second most impure person in the world. — Frederick Lenz

The Power Poker lottery would be won by a person having no ties to any Chicago street gangs or terrorists - Joe Normal. — Ridley Pearson

How we think about the future and the past determines everything about how we think about our situation as human beings. — Lee Smolin

History gives us the facts, sort of, but from literary works we can learn what the past smelled like, sounded like, and felt like, the forgotten gritty details of a lost era. Literature brings us as close as we can come to reinhabiting the past. By reclaiming this use of literature in the classroom, perhaps we can move away from the political agitation that has been our bread and butter - or porridge and hardtack - for the last 30 years. — Scott Herring

It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal. — Clive Bell

Italian style is a natural attitude. It is about a life of good taste. It doesn't have to be expensive. Simple but with good taste. Luxury is possible to buy. Good taste is not. — Diego Della Valle

Reading, at the deepest level, is a physical experience. Most people are not attuned to this, most people don't learn how to read - poetry for example, or high-quality prose. They're used to reading magazines and newspapers, which are only of the mind, but not of the body. — Paul Auster

When you do things for the right reasons, eventually no matter how long it takes, people will take notice of it and can't help but respect it. — Gina Carano

I am a different person in NYC. My energy is way different. I just make sense here. — David Burtka

Composure and self-restraint were not only desirable characteristics in a woman, they were essental.
As my mother put it later, it was bad enough having to worry yourself sick every time your husband went up in an airplane; now, she was being told, she was also supposed to feel responsible if his plane crashed. Anger and discontent, lest they kill, were to be kept to oneself. The military, even more so than the rest of society, clearly put a premium on well-behaved, genteel, and even-tempered women. — Kay Redfield Jamison