Grumbled Define Quotes & Sayings

To write tragedy, a man must feel tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews. — Bertrand Russell

Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with even more resistance. Products, services, career paths - whatever it is, the forces for mediocrity will align to stop you, forgiving no errors and never backing down until it's over. If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist. — Seth Godin

This was perfectly true, and a very respectable view widely held by right-thinking people, who are largely recognizable as being right-thinking people by the mere fact that they hold this view. — Douglas Adams

Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told. Obedience is doing what is told regardless of what is right. — H.L. Mencken

Raif Badawi's is an important voice for all of us to hear. — Salman Rushdie

The harder road. Because she was a woman? Because she was short? Because her law school ranked top-ten but not top-five? "Hey. — Tara Conklin

Don't tell people you are broke. Guilting fans into buying your music never works. — Ari Herstand

Challenge your limitations for the pure joy of challenge. — Chin-Ning Chu

Why has the South produced so many good writers? Because we got beat. — Walker Percy

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere. — Rebecca West

I have been able to raise my thoughts to Him who was put to death, that we might have hope and comfort here to-day. I think you were sent to me by Heaven. — Charles Dickens

What am I a prostitute? Am I your prostitute? You can't prostitute me. — Sheila Jackson Lee

For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere ... — George Gershwin

He felt like a dog that was about to be told that, yes, he was a good boy, but his balls had to come off anyway. — Michael K. Schaefer

I tutted. "That's cold, Nate."
"Hey - " He pointed his finger at me.
"I'm not a complete shit. I realized later that night that it was a stupid bloody idea and I felt awful."
"Felt awful?" Nathan harrumphed.
"You cried your eyes out." I pinched my lips together to keep from laughing. Nate scowled.
"Manly tears. Manly tears of regret."
Young, Samantha (2014-01-07). Before Jamaica Lane (On Dublin Street Book 3) (Kindle Locations 2913-2916). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. — Samantha Young