Impurely Quotes & Sayings

Things evidently false are not only printed, but many things of truth most falsely set forth. — Thomas Browne

Mr. Beerbohm in his way is perfect ... He has brought personality into literature, not unconsciously and impurely, but so consciously and purely that we do not know whether there is any relation between Max the essayist and Mr. Beerbohm the man. We only know that the spirit of personality permeates every word that he writes ... He is without doubt the prince of his profession. — Virginia Woolf

I've been acting for many years, and the more you do, the more confidence you get about "this is my career and this is what I'm going to be doing." — Tom Ellis

My brothers and sisters, may the spirit of love which comes at Christmastime fill our homes and our lives and linger there long after the tree is down and the lights are put away for another year. — Thomas S. Monson

If you work for a team, you have a different view, if you own a team you have a radically different view, — Vijay Mallya

I have broken all ties that bind me to the (U.S.) Army, not suddenly, impulsively, but conscientiously and after due deliberation. I sacrifice more to my principles than any other officer in the Army can do. I would rather carry a musket in the cause of the South than be commander-in-chief under Mr. Lincoln. — Edmund Kirby Smith

You are crazy!" whispered Meggie. "You're a total lunatic!"
But her opinion did not impress Fenoglio in the slightest. "So what? All writers are lunatics! — Cornelia Funke

I convinced my parents to let me see an agent, but because I had been taught never to speak to strangers, I was so quiet during the interview, they said to bring me back when I was older. — Jason Fuchs

I cannot get accustomed to war; my brain refuses to understand and explain a thing that is senseless in its basis. Millions of people gather at one place and, giving their actions order and regularity, kill each other, and it hurts everybody equally, and all are unhappy
what is it if not madness? — Leonid Andreyev

He's going to learn the hard way. Hopefully he changes his mentality quick. — Dwyane Wade

Where you go, I shall follow. — Heather Lyons