Irgens Property Quotes & Sayings

An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only ... We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties. Till then, it is like wasting great wine on a ravenous natural thirst which merely wants cold wetness. — C.S. Lewis

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing. — Anne Tyler

I was one of the first people in the Palestinian world, in the late 1970s, to say that there is no military option, either for us or for them, and I'm certainly the only well-known Arab who writes these things - and who writes exactly the same things in the Arab press that I say here. — Edward Said

Our motto must continue to be perseverance. And ultimately I trust the Almighty will crown our efforts with success. — William Wilberforce

So grateful for the people who heard me when I was silent and saw me when I was invisible. — Steve Maraboli

On teacher education: induction into current mandates must not turn into seduction away from best practice. — Andy Hargreaves

Unfortunately, the suit is so stiff, I can't do this with two hands, but I'm going to try a little sand-trap shot here. — Alan Shepard

and was there for the birth, on 25 February — Paula McLain

Why is the awfulness of families such a popular reason for starting another? — Peter De Vries

He says one word, nodding into the daylight. "Look." It's an astounding word. It's a gift. — Lauren DeStefano

OK cosmos, I could use some good news. Go on, surprise me. — William Meikle

There is only one reason people have children: they're programmed to. Whatever reasons they may have for it - selflessness, wanting to pass something on, having so much love to give - I don't believe they choose children any more than naked mole rats decide to start tunneling. Human beings are basically big complicated Rube Goldberg contraptions constructed by genes to copy themselves, and only as an unintended side effect build mosques, make screwball comedies, and launch interplanetary probes. — Meghan Daum