Gottstein Futurity Quotes & Sayings

Lay down the axe; fling by the spade;
Leave in its track the toiling plough;
The rifle and the bayonet-blade
For arms like yours were fitter now;
And let the hands that ply the pen
Quit the light task, and learn to wield
The horseman's crooked brand, and rein
The charger on the battle-field. — William C. Bryant

I'm actually writing a short story about a photographer who went completely insane trying to take a close up photo of the horizon. — Steven Wright

They told me I've got writer's cramp. So is that better than the block? — Joyce Rachelle

We'd learned to open up to each other, to trust each other, to face the world together. I firmly believed now that there was nothing we couldn't tackle together. No hurdle, no obstacle, no setback was so large that it would break us apart, and there was comfort and confidence in that knowledge. — S.C. Stephens

I've learned that you can never predict what will happen to a film. You can never predict if people will love it, if they'll hate it. It's an act of ego if you're hoping for everyone to love the film and tell you how great you are. — James Gray

Justice requires lawyers who are prepared, witnesses who tell the truth, judges who know the law, and jurors who stay awake. Justice is the North Star, the burning bush, the holy virgin. It cannot be bought, sold, or mass produced. It is intangible, ineffable, and invisible, but if you are to spend your life in its pursuit, it is best to believe it exists, and that you can attain it. — Paul Levine

I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book. — Al Franken

If you call forth what is in you, it will save you. If you do not call forth what is in you, it will destroy you. — Shay Savage

If he asks you for six goats in exchange for me, you don't have to actually buy real goats. He'd probably take kegs instead. — Joanna Wylde

Well, the family always was bright, and brightness, as you know, decays brilliantly. — Gregory Maguire

There is no patent recipe for getting good citizenship. You get it by applying the old, old rules of decent conduct, the rules in accordance with which decent men have had to shape their lives from the beginning .. fundamental precepts, put forth in the Bible and embodied consciously or unconsciously in the code of morals of every great and successful nation from antiquity to modern times. — Theodore Roosevelt

You goin' out with Mick tomorrow night?" Jake growled, his eyes burning into me, his fury saturating the room.
"Not anymore," I whispered immediately.
"Good fuckin' answer, Slick, — Kristen Ashley

They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. — George Orwell

Your most important gear is your eye, heart and soul. — Marius Vieth

Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn't collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded. — Susan George