Errants Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him. — Lionel Blue

I am alone. Alone except for the sirens, alone except for the burning, empty city on the edge of a rotting, pollutedriver green with algae, host to rubber-skinned, gibbous-eyed things with mouths large enough to swallow me whole andprotruding stomachs ready to digest me. — Caitlin Kittredge

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct. — Calvin Coolidge

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray. — Oscar Wilde

The truth is that I do not like hanging in there. I was born, I believe, to do more. Or perhaps it's that I survived to do more. Dorsetta is married, a mother of three, and manages a restaurant; she does more than hang in there. I have a low opinion of this expression, Hang in there. — Dave Eggers

Everest you won't change, but I will get better ... I will conquer you. — Edmund Hillary

How could you ever bring yourself to love so deeply if you truly knew how brief a lifetime could be? — Chuck Palahniuk

In my stillness I am the eternal possibility. In my movement I am the cosmos. — Deepak Chopra

What hope is there for individual reality or authenticity when the forces of violence and orthodoxy, the earthly powers of guns and bombs and manipulated public opinion make it impossible for us to be authentic and fulfilled human beings?
The only hope is in the creation of alternative values, alternative realities. The only hope is in daring to redream one's place in the world - a beautiful act of imagination, and a sustained act of self becoming. Which is to say that in some way or another we breach and confound the accepted frontiers of things. — Ben Okri

Do something extraordinary, something world changing with your life. Barring that, at least do something that brings you joy." - the dragon Furidor — Kai Herbertz

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism. — Jane Elliot

As the message drained away Vimes stared at the opposite wall, in which the door now opened, after a cursory knock, to reveal the steward bearing that which is guaranteed to frighten away all nightmares, to wit, a cup of hot tea.*
* The sound of the gentle rattle of china cup on china saucer drives away all demons, a little-known fact. — Terry Pratchett

Believe in your dreams. Believe in today. Believe that you are loved. Believe that you make a difference. Believe we can build a better world. Believe when others might not. Believe there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you might be that light for someone else. Believe that the best is yet to be. Believe in each other. Believe in yourself. I believe in you. — Kobi Yamada

My father was a successful real estate developer, and he was a very tough man but a good man. My father would always praise me. He always thought I was the smartest person. — Donald Trump

Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to possess all the genius by which the work was produced. — Edgar Allan Poe