Insidebutlercou Quotes & Sayings

My very identities as a reader and a writer began at the Walt Whitman branch library. — Paula Spencer

Selfishness, self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. — Alcoholics Anonymous

There is no doubt that our last state will be worse than our first, if we surrender our reason into somebody's keeping. — Mahatma Gandhi

Xerxes: It isn't wise to stand against me, Leonidas. Imagine what horrible fate awaits my enemies when I would gladly kill any of my own men for victory.
King Leonidas: And I would die for any one of mine. — Frank Miller

But basically what I like are the possibilities, and the fantasy element of the show. Not science fantasy so much, but fantasy, the humanistic elements and how people relate when they're in a dire situation or comedic situation. — Fisher Stevens

Which of us is other than a secret to all but God! — George MacDonald

He looked really good. Pure temptation. He was so close. So warm. And probably still hard for her beneath the blankets and the sweatpants she could now see he wore.
"Marshal your thoughts, woman," Aidan pleaded with a comical grimace. "You're broadcasting, and this is getting a little uncomfortable. — Dianne Duvall

I saw that the bride within the bridal dress has withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes — Charles Dickens

No one in his right mind will try to grow grapes by the luminosity of the word "day. — Paul De Man

Bombing teaches you how badly you want to become a comedian. Because unless it's a burning desire, you'll quit when the consistent bombing becomes too much to take. — Franklyn Ajaye

The right to privacy has both positive and negative connotations for those who consider themselves part of the natural law tradition. — David Novak

The flower of kindness will grow. Maybe not now, but it will some day. And in kind that kindness will flow, for kindness grows in this way. — Robert Alan Aurthur

Oh Papa. I always felt like I had a hold on things when there was Papa to turn to. — Nancy E. Turner