Inservibles En Quotes & Sayings

The Sea of Faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world. — Matthew Arnold

The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq. — Bill Richardson

Dampier is soft. Quote it, underline it, tape it and send it to him. — Shaquille O'Neal

A high-protein, high-fat diet that excludes all pungent vegetables and spices can be beneficial as an anger management protocol. — Charles Spender

And they will have a common interest in the same thing which they will alike call 'my own,' and having this common interest they will have a common feeling of pleasure and pain? Yes, far more so than in other States. And the reason of this, over and above the general constitution of the State, will be that the guardians will have a community of women and children? That will be the chief reason. And this unity of feeling we admitted to be the greatest good, as was implied in our own comparison of a well-ordered State to the relation of the body and the members, when affected by pleasure or pain? That we acknowledged, and very rightly. Then the community of wives and children among our citizens is clearly the source of the greatest good to the State? Certainly. And — Plato

I need the applause. — Jerry Lewis

Eyes which feast on the beauty of the world will always look beautiful to others. That which receives beauty exudes it as well. — Vironika Tugaleva

But the story I'm telling here began the day I discovered the affair between Mark and Thelma, and it ended exactly six weeks later. It has a happy ending, but that's because I insist on happy endings; I would insist on happy beginnings, too, but that's not necessary because all beginnings are intrinsically happy, in my opinion. What about middles, you may ask. Middles are a problem. Middles are perhaps the major problem of contemporary life. — Nora Ephron

Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill. — Elsa Schiaparelli

There's one thing about weights with action movies: Once your muscles get that tight, it's sometimes hard to stop your movement, especially if you're trying to move with some strength, and with the swords in the film ... — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

On learning to swim: I'm too big to have some woman hold my stomach and say 'Now kick your feet.' — Will Smith

The goddess of assassins has tasted my blood, he thought, and he wondered if she liked it, and wanted more. — Laini Taylor

Vanya soon found that America might be an exciting place to arrive, but living there could become, in time, as boring as anything else. — Orson Scott Card