Dureen Siebersma Quotes & Sayings

The judgments which Johnson passed on books were, in his own time, regarded with superstitious veneration, and, in our time, are generally treated with indiscriminate contempt. They are the judgments of a strong but enslaved understanding. The mind of the critic was hedged round by an uninterrupted fence of prejudices and superstitions. Within his narrow limits, he displayed a vigour and an activity which ought to have enabled him to clear the barrier that confined him. — Samuel Johnson

Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time. — Simon Mawer

Embrace your fears. Don't let them keep you from moving forward. — Trish Blackwell

Change is an illusion because we're always at the place where any future can take us. — Alan Watts

Multiculturalism is a good reminder that when standards are relative, there are no standards at all. — Victor Davis Hanson

It don't make much difference what you study, so long as you don't like it. — Finley Peter Dunne

I have a soft spot in my heart for tree houses, which have always imparted certain magic and practical knowledge. — Richard Louv

I demanded a realm in which I should be both master and slave at the same time: The world of art is the only such realm. — Henry Miller

Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead. — Lillie Langtry

...bad neighborhoods no longer plague only urban ghettos; the bad neighborhoods have spread to the suburbs. — J.D. Vance

The young adults of the time and their parents and pundits all wrung their hands. But they needn't have. "Those who did best tended to accept change, not to berate themselves for breaking with tradition."41 — Bella DePaulo

Life is a concentration camp. You're stuck here and there's no way out and you can only rage impotently against your persecutors. — Woody Allen