Gauting Quotes & Sayings

There are some lives duller Than dusty glass — Takuboku Ishikawa

Here 'neath veils, my Saviour darkly I behold; To my thirsting spirit all thy light unfold; Face to face in heaven let me come to thee, And the blessed vision of thy glory see. — Thomas Aquinas

Some relationships are based on lies
Some marriages weren't built to last — Tawana Beecham

Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape. — Yusef Komunyakaa

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself. — Martin Luther King Jr.

I bought a house right before the housing crisis happened. So I paid too much and then I was stuck with it for a long time. So that was sad for me. I was like, "I'd better make a movie about this to get it out of my system." — Hamish Linklater

If a real God were actually so vain as to constantly demand worship, then he would not be worth it. — Stellan Skarsgard

Much of your strength as a woman can come from the resolve to replenish and fill your own well and essence first, before taking care of others. — Miranda J. Barrett

His physiognomy had an air of requesting your attention, which it rewarded or not, according to the charm you found in a blue eye of remarkable fixedness and a jaw of somewhat angular mold, which is supposed to bespeak resolution. — Henry James

As one studies these preconditions, one becomes saddened by the ease with which human potentiality can be destroyed or repressed, so that a fully-human person can seem like a miracle, so improbable a happening as to be awe-inspiring. And simultaneously one is heartened by the fact that self-actualizing persons do in fact exist, that they are therefore possible, that the gauntlet of dangers can be run, that the finish line can be crossed. — Abraham Maslow

The minute I ever start thinking about what a character would do is the minute I bring my ego into play. It's the minute I'm putting a judgment on something. — Heather Matarazzo

I left school when I was 16; then I worked for my father, who was a welder. And I was a welder for three years, you know, welder of fabrication, metal 'cause it was a big industrial town, Sheffield. It was much steel and coal and stuff like that. — Sean Bean

You were tender, sweet to the taste and to the touch — R.J. Hillingdon