Hepner Hart Quotes & Sayings

What is it about intimacy that makes it so very disturbing? — Jeanette Winterson

I want to learn how to pick locks, swordfight, throw pottery - it's all research. It's like the curious person's version of James Bond's license to kill. I've got a license to learn. — Patrick Rothfuss

I cannot think of a greater symbol of human resistance and courage than our Nobel laureate colleague Andrei Sakharov. — Torsten Wiesel

It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else. — Dido Armstrong

If a man prays God for some virtue, and at the same time gives himself up to negligence, acquiring no definite means to gain this virtue, and making no effort towards it, truly this man tempts God, rather than prays. Thus the divine James says: 'The effectual prayer of a righteous man avails much' (Jms. 5:16). What avails to make prayer effective? is when, besides begging a saint to pray for him about something, the man also prays about it himself and with all diligence does everything necessary for obtaining his request. — Lorenzo Scupoli

I think that the main issue with inequality is not the gap between the rich and the poor. It is the gap between the earnings of top business leaders and the salaries of academics and journalists. — Arnold Kling

Life's a great thing, but if you live long enough, it wears out before it runs out. — Stephen King

You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You are just naked. You put yourself in harm's way and you lay down all your defenses. No clothes, no weapons. Nowhere to hide. Completely vulnerable. The only thing that makes it tolerable is to believe that the other person loves you back ... — Mary Doria Russell