Iliffe Family Quotes & Sayings

Writing, therefore, is also an act of courage. How much easier is it to lead an unexamined life than to confront yourself on the page? How much easier is it to surrended to materialism or cynicism or to a hundred other ways of life that are, in fact, ways to hide from life and from our fears. When we write, we resist the facile seduction of theses simpler roads. We insist on finding out and declaring the truths that we find, and we dare to out those truths on the page. — Jack Heffron

Like the walking iris, he was too much of a good thing, something nature can't allow for too long. — Julie Hockley

Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find some universal formula for it. — Walter Pater

I'm leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it's not raining. — Groucho Marx

I've learned never to be surprised if what must inevitably happen happens right now. — Robert Breault

I think my beard (in 'Drag Me To Hell') is getting a better IMDb rating than I am. — Dileep Rao

If you have a fat brother or sister you might be American. — Felipe Esparza

My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house. — Tom Hanks

The truth is if you can eat just a serving size, you can eat anything. But we all know how those harmless treats can call out your name all night long, and rationalizing in the middle of the night is very easy. — Marissa Jaret Winokur

In 1889, I predict, the legislative stage of the Irish question will have arrived; and the union with England, which shall then have cursed Ireland for nine tenths of a century, will be repealed. — John Boyle O'Reilly

This morning about nine I withdrew to the woods for prayer. I was in such anguish that when I arose from my knees I felt extremely weak and overcome ... I cared not how or where I lived, or what hardships I went through, so that I could but gain souls for Christ. — David Brainerd

I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory, and I knew I had to do something remarkable. — Stacey Snider

In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly. — Kamala Harris

A lot of fans know that I love motorcycles. That's a big love of mine. I could spend days on the bike if I had the time. — Robert Duncan McNeill