Grenfell Coat Quotes & Sayings

Humor is the pensiveness of wit. — Robert Aris Willmott

Losing is the great American sin. — Jerome Holtzman

Hey, we live each day, start each day, as if we had an endless number stretching out ahead of us. We don't, but that's how one has to face the day, right? I see an analogy with writing fiction: the story at hand probably won't come off well, and even if it does, it probably won't get published, but if it does there won't be any payment for it - and even if there is, almost nobody will read it, and most who do won't understand or like it. But you go ahead and write the story. What choices do you have? There's always silence, but that won't do for me." - Gordon Weaver (who is suddenly my hero, even though I don't know who he is). — Gordon Weaver

Men could be content to have the kingdom of heaven; but they are loathe to fight for it. They choose rather to go in a feather bed to hell than to be carried to heaven in a 'fiery chariot' of zeal and violence. — Thomas Watson

Old age must have endless avenues, stretching away and away down its darkness, she supposed, and now one door opened and then another. — Virginia Woolf

We support any deal that denies Iran nuclear weapons, that has a continuous and robust inspection mechanism and that has snap-back provisions in case Iran violates the agreement. Our concern is that Iran will use the income it receives as a result of the lifting of the nuclear sanctions in order to fund its nefarious activities in the region. — Adel Al-Jubeir

If you don't believe in the world, and if there is no love in it, then everything is phony. No matter which world we are talking about, no matter what kind of world we are talking about, the line separating fact from hypothesis is practically invisible to the eye. It can only be seen with the inner eye, the eye of the mind. — Haruki Murakami

Never - NEVER touch me again, you filthy fucking animal, replied Gora standing over the writhing Hitbear. — Brad McKinniss

You don't need wealth or position or power to make a difference. You just need to do the best you can with what you have where you are. And if you are faithful in Babylon, God will bless you in Jerusalem. — Mark Batterson

Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces. — Frank Herbert

To quench my longing I bent me low
By the streams of the spirits of Peace that flow
In that magical wood in the land of sleep. — Sarojini Naidu

Do not hurt where holding is enough; do not wound where hurting is enough; do not maim where wounding is enough; and kill not where maiming is enough; the greatest warrior is he who does not need to kill. — Stephen R. Donaldson

What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing the attention; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read. — Samuel Johnson