Griper Quotes & Sayings

At some point in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I lived in. But at another point, much earlier I think, I'd quietly begun to hope for nothing at all in the way of love, so as not to be disappointed. It works. It gets to be a habit. — Barbara Kingsolver

A good friend loves you when the condition is better, a best friend holds your hand when you're in gutter. — Debasish Mridha

Even in the best times, managing science has been compared to herding cats; it is not done well, but one is surprised to find it done at all. — Gerald Holton

Everything that fails brings you closer to what works. — J.K. Rowling

There is really only one Zen Master ... and that's yourself. — Frederick Lenz

Noah took much ridicule building his great arc, but after 40 days and 40 nights he was looking pretty smart. — Garth Brooks

Then Christ will say to us, 'Come you also! Come you drunkards! Come you weaklings! Come you depraved!' And he will say to us, 'Vile creatures, you in the image of the beast and you who bear his mark. All the same, you come too!' And the wise and prudent will say, 'Lord, why are you welcoming them? And he will say, 'O wise and prudent, I am welcoming them because not one of them has ever judged himself worthy. And he will stretch out his arms to us, and we shall fall at his feet, and burst into sobs, and then we shall understand everything, everything! Lord, your kingdom come! — Fyodor Dostoevsky

You can't be a critic by simply being a griper. One has also to search out the examples of good work. — Wendell Berry

They said love made you strong, but in Louise's opinion it made you weak. It corkscrewed into your heart and you couldn't get it out again, not without ripping your heart to pieces. — Kate Atkinson