Elisia Wilson Quotes & Sayings

He was a thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of me and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime. No more baffling, exasperating soldier ever wore a uniform. Flamboyant, imperious, and apocalyptic, he carried the plumage of a flamingo, could not acknowledge errors, and tried to cover up his mistakes with sly, childish tricks. Yet he was also endowed with great personal charm, a will of iron, and a soaring intellect. Unquestionably he was the most gifted man-at arms- this nation has produced. -William Manchester on Douglas MacArthur — William Manchester

I'm saying your name in the grocery store, I'm saying your name on the bridge at dawn. Your name like an animal covered with frost, your name like a music that's been transposed, a suit of fur, a coat of mud, a kick in the pants, a lungful of glass, the sails in wind and the slap of waves on the hull ... — Richard Siken

War is an initiation into the power of life and death. Women touch that power on the moment of birth, men at the edge of death. — William Broyles Jr.

And the behaviour of the cat was somewhat peculiar. It was soon noticed that when there was work to be done the cat could never be found. She would vanish for hours on end, and then reappear at meal-times, or in the evening after work was over, as though nothing had happened. But she always made such excellent excuses , and purred so affectionately , that it was impossible not to believe in her good intentions. — George Orwell

Our children are the only people on whom we can safely take revenge for what was done to us. — Gloria Steinem

I consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for public service. — John Adams

One time I covered a wall with 8.5x11 pages of drawings, which made things feel a little bit different in the room. — Jason Polan

Disciplines are by definition based on territorial epistemologies: studying the borders doesn't lead necessarily to border thinking . . . unless scholars engage in epistemological disciplinary disobedience and bring to the fore the existential experience of dwelling in the border. By — Walter D. Mignolo

A saint is to put forth his faith in prayer, and afterwards follow his prayer with faith. — Vavasor Powell

She said nothing is done to oneself that one does not accept and that if I loved someone it would take it all away. — Ernest Hemingway,

True originality consists not in a new manner, but in a new vision. — Edith Wharton