Kartonnen Quotes & Sayings

Their earlier poor performance had had more to do with the way they were tested than with their mental powers. Elephants — Frans De Waal

A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling, or teaching, or ordering. Rather, he seeks to establish a relationship with meaning, of feeling, of observing. We are lonesome animals. We spend all our live trying to be less lonesome. And one of our ancient methods is to tell a story, begging the listener to say, and to feel, "Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it. You're not as alone as you thought." To finish is sadness to a writer, a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn't really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done. — John Steinbeck

You could love someone so strongly, for so long, and still forget - until the memories returned. — Jason Heller

To be sure, the Bishop was a little theatrical in his humility, as he had been in his grandeur; but that was his way, Auclair reflected, and, after all, nobody can help his way. If a man admits his mistakes, that is a great deal ... — Willa Cather

Meaning comes from the correspondence between the code and its execution, and the compact underlying structure of the world and its dynamics. — Eric Baum

Millions of Bible-reading Christians who today call themselves charismatics do not believe in health and wealth teachings. — Craig S. Keener

She pulled back the sheet. Good God, his sex was ... "It's gotten so ... huge"
Butch barked out a laugh. "You say the nicest things. — J.R. Ward

Avoid witticisms at the expense of others. — Horace Mann

I'm a bit of a potty mouth. My dad used to wash out my mouth with soap, but that was just to get rid of any traces of his DNA. — Doug Stanhope

I shrugged unable to deny I wasn't checking him out. "The new — Kirsty Dallas

The story is about being loyal to the truth as a nation, that citizens of a democracy are collectively responsible for what their troops do in war, good or bad. — Kevin Sites

Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures. — Nan Goldin

I think people are just shocked to see me walking around. It's weird. When they see you on TV, they don't expect to see you in a store. — Victoria Pratt

The happiest of people is the one under whose care people are happy because of him, and the most miserable of people is the one under whose care people are miserable because of him. — Umar

My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others. — Randy Jackson