Gridlines In Word Quotes & Sayings

Maybe because I do not like the idea of my grandmother and someone like Josef still coexisting in this world. — Jodi Picoult

The great artists do not seek their forms in the midst of the past, but take the deepest soundings they can of the genuine, profoundest of their age. — Franz Marc

[A] man who lives alone...one day hears a knock on his door. When he answers, he sees The Tyrant outside, who asks, 'Will you submit?' The man says nothing. He steps aside. The Tyrant enters his home. The man serves him for years, until The Tyrant becomes sick from food poisoning and dies. The man wraps the body, takes it outside, returns to his home, closes the door behind him, and firmly answers, 'No.' (Loc. 5874) — Derrick Jensen

When you see a threat, you just can't hope for the best in this day and age, where terrorists are capable of inflicting damage on the homeland. — George W. Bush

I wasn't going to be one of those people who died wondering what if? I would keep putting my dreams to the test - even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there. — Alex Haley

I'd be like, 'You're a young, vibrant woman. Where are you?' I realized that I had been living in denial. — Lorraine Bracco

[Virginia] has a very sizeable collection of democrats, liberals and moonbats. (Yes, they can be separated.) — John Ringo

Innovation and sophistication spark from initial situations of necessity, in ways that go far beyond the satisfaction of such necessity — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The United States, almost alone today, offers the liberties and the privileges and the tools of freedom. In this land the citizens are still invited to write their plays and books, to paint their pictures, to meet for discussion, to dissent as well as to agree, to mount soapboxes in the public square, to enjoy education in all subjects without censorship, to hold court and judge one another, to compose music, to talk politics with their neighbors without wondering whether the secret police are listening, to exchange ideas as well as goods, to kid the government when it needs kidding, and to read real news of real events instead of phony news manufactured by a paid agent of the state. This is a fact and should give every person pause. — E.B. White

Heresy and progress often look much alike. — Joe Abercrombie