Invitations By Carol Shields Quotes & Sayings

A theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements. It must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements, and it must make definite predictions about the results of future observations. — Stephen Hawking

Marvin was humming ironically because he hated humans so much. — Douglas Adams

Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within. — M. Scott Peck

I used to walk like a giant on the land. Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream — Neil Young

I have never owned a computer. I am one of those weirdos. I've never needed a computer. I'm lucky that I have a job where I'm not required to use one. — Bill Nighy

Writing is the passageway, the entrance, the exit, the dwelling place of the other in me. — Helene Cixous

A goddess of dawn
scooted under a zing of barbed wire
to witness your birth. — Yusef Komunyakaa

I always wake up 10 minutes before I have to be anywhere. — Cara Delevingne

The French, it seems to me, strike a happy balance between intimacy and reserve. Some of this must be helped by the language, which lends itself to graceful expression even when dealing with fairly basic subjects ... And there's that famously elegant subtitle from a classic Western.
COWBOY: "Gimme a shot of red-eye."
SUBTITLE: "Un Dubonnet, s'il vous plait."
No wonder French was the language of diplomacy for all those years. — Peter Mayle

Do not simply know God according to what He does, but know Him according to what He is. Whether or not God does something for us means nothing. — Witness Lee

A lot of the girls were awful, very catty. It was a competitive environment that I didn't like. You have no idea of the anorexia I saw around me. — Kate Winslet

We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint. — Robert Falcon Scott

In the 1960s, there was a forward way of speaking and inflection. — Oscar Isaac

I believe the artist has an obligation to society. — Marina Abramovic

Committees kill unconventional ideas for a living. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana