Kosciuszko Tadeusz Quotes & Sayings

The whole movement of an essay is propelled by a fundamentally human impulse to want to figure things out. — John D'Agata

Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming evil, and evil remains; for patience and sympathy and love, and yet we are fretful and hard and weak and selfish. We are keyed not to attainment, but to the struggle toward it. — Thornton T. Munger

Words are wind, and men will lie to get their way, as any maid could tell you. — George R R Martin

It's surely no accident that there are horoscopes in Vogue, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Woman, New Woman, Elle and Cosmo ... but not Sports Illustrated, GQ, Esquire, Field & Stream or Guns & Ammo. — Merrill Markoe

the root of every despicable action? Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows himself to be dishonest, but others think he's honest and he derives his self-respect from that, second-hand. The man who takes credit for an achievement which is not his own. He knows himself to be mediocre, but he's great in the eyes of others. The frustrated wretch who professes love for the inferior and clings to those less endowed, in order to establish his own superiority by comparison. The — Ayn Rand

First you're an unknown, then you write one book and you move up to obscurity. — Martin Myers

I start laughing. You have to laugh. Life is just funny sometimes. As long as you remember. — E.R. Frank

But if I didn't read, I'd think, and thinking, when you come down to it, is the most painful thing of all, and the most monopolizing — Eric Rohmer

Change is constant and always happening...The more flexible we are, the more we can benefit from life's changes that occurs. — Dionna L. Hayden

Did you ever have a conversation with someone who misunderstood everything you had to say? It's exhausting, and the ironic part is that the more you try and explain yourself, the more mixed up things become. Your best friend knows when you're kidding, venting, and tired. He or she knows you and therefore doesn't read into the things you say. — Francois Mauriac

Unlikely accomplishments are borne out of single-minded purposefulness. Future superstars don't get there by keeping part of their heart in reserve. — John Eliot