Kilvinski Quotes & Sayings

Civil wars...are the best wars for the writer...because they have a way of continuing long afterwl wars between nations are resolved; because, with the combatants being the same people, civil wars are never really won; and because their most devastating engagements are fought within the individual human heart. — Ralph Ellison

Are you sure it wasn't my sexy-as-hell voice whispering in your ear that caused your momentary lack of oxygen? — Abbi Glines

Talking is not enough; words don't clarify anything. I'll have to hit upon something, but what? — Imre Kertesz

I listen to kids play a lot. — Itzhak Perlman

Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live. — C.S. Lewis

To punish failure is yet another way to encourage mediocrity. — Michael Eisner

Dad seemed lost in a depressed daze. He had recently been saying privately that the evangelical world was more or less being led by lunatics, psychopaths, and extremists, and agreeing with me that if "our side" ever won, America would be in deep trouble. But by then Dad was dying and knew he had very little time left. There was no time to change his life or his new "friends." All — Frank Schaeffer

Although we cannot stop the rapid pace of innovation, we can make wise choices regarding how to remain grounded and resist being drawn into reactionary modes of behavior trying to constantly keep up. — David Passiak

I want people to treat me as normally as they can. Anybody who doesn't, I feel awkward with. — Daniel Craig

The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations. — Henry Villard