Epically Failed Quotes & Sayings

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. — Ross Macdonald

In theory, every loss is for our own good; in practice, though, that is when we question the existence of God and ask ourselves: What did I do to deserve this? — Paulo Coelho

I had the most fun on '3rd Rock'. It was a great show to work on. — Wayne Knight

All of man's other religions place him at the center of creation. But man is nothing - a fraction of the life that will walk the Earth. Earth is nothing - a tiny world that will die with its sun. The sun is one of trillions where life flowers, and wants to live, and dies. And between the suns is an endless vast darkness that dwarfs them, through which life can travel only by giving up that wanting, by losing itself. Even that darkness will eventually die. In such a universe, knowledge is the stub of a candle at dusk. — Ruthanna Emrys

My psychiatrist says I have a messiah complex. But I forgave him. — Jim Carrey

The Poet, gentle creature as he is, Hath, like the Lover, his unruly times; His fits when he is neither sick nor well, Though no distress be near him but his own Unmanageable thoughts. — William Wordsworth

I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

I hold it certain that to open the doors of truth and to fortify the habit of testing everything by reason are the most effectual manacles we can rivet on the hands of our successors to prevent their manacling the people with their own consent. — Thomas Jefferson

It is that perfection of God by which he is devoid of all change, not only in His Being, but also in His perfections, and in His purposes and promises. — Louis Berkhof

Democrats believe people are basically good but must be saved from themselves by the government. Republicans believe people are basically bad but they'll be okay if they're left alone. — Andy Rooney

One cannot create happiness with beautiful objects, but one can spoil quite a lot of happiness with bad ones — Finn Juhl