Holdenisms Quotes & Sayings

Weyl curvature tensor ... but consciousness was no — Alastair Reynolds

It's a fixer-upper of a planet but we could make it work. — Elon Musk

There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes. — Bill James

When stepping into the mind of a psychopath, you realize that there is something missing in their brain that they do not understand the consequences of their actions- in a sense. — Lorraine Toussaint

One sparrow is worth a thousand gulls,
When it sings. The gull sits on chimney-tops.
He mocks the guinea, challenges
The crow, inciting various modes.
The sparrow requites one, without intent. — Wallace Stevens

In a single moment, we witnessed the worst of human behavior. And in the next, the very best of human behavior. And even more, we witnessed the tremendous spirit of Americans. — Jane D. Hull

When the heart is once won to rest in God, to repose himself on him, he will assuredly satisfy it. He will never be as water that fails; nor hath he said at any time to the seed of Jacob, "Seek ye my face in vain." If Christ be chosen for the foundation of our supply, he will not fail us. — John Owen

What's up. This is Dave, the one you saw in your hallway. He's not a psychotic killer or anything," he lied — David Wong

It troubled her much to see what a great flame a little wildfire was likely to kindle. — Thomas Hardy

If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet. — Nicolas Chamfort

Think of the funniest story from your life. Chances are, it was something awful at the time. — Gina Barreca

There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give. — Robert Mondavi

A Good Girl for Every Bad Boy — C.M. Stunich

If you don't keep and guard and mature your force, and above all, have time and quiet to perfect your work, you will be writing things not much better than you did five years ago ... you must write to the human heart, the great consciousness that all humanity goes to make up. Otherwise what might be strength in a writer is only crudeness, and what might be insight is only observation; sentimemnt falls to sentimentality - you can write about life, but never write life itself. — Sarah Orne Jewett