Labruno Dumont Quotes & Sayings

So fare thee well, poor devil of a Sub-Sub, whose commentator I am. Thou belongest to that hopeless, sallow tribe which no wine of this world will ever warm; and for whom even Pale Sherry would be too rosy-strong; but with whom one sometimes loves to sit, and feel poor-devilish, too; and grow convivial upon tears; and say to them bluntly, with full eyes and empty glasses, and in not altogether unpleasant sadness - Give it up, Sub-Subs! For by how much more pains ye take to please the world, by so much the more shall ye for ever go thankless! Would that I could clear out Hampton Court and the Tuileries for ye! But gulp down your tears and hie aloft to the royal-mast with your hearts; for your friends who have gone before are clearing out the seven-storied heavens, and making refugees of long pampered Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael, against your coming. Here ye strike but splintered hearts together - there, ye shall strike unsplinterable glasses! — Herman Melville

That's the peculiar thing about nature," explained Mr. F., "it guards it's rarest treasures with greatest care. — William Pene Du Bois

I never understood why you tried so hard to fit in, when you were obviously meant to stand out. — Tonya Hurley

While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused to find a copy of one of his own works which he himself had inscribed for a friend: "To
, with esteem, George Bernard Shaw."
He immediately purchased the book and returned it to the friend with a second inscription: "With renewed esteem, George Bernard Shaw. — George Bernard Shaw

I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last? — Larry Wall

He was so drunk that he would have stubbornly denied that he was. — Filippo Bologna

It was ugly and precious all at once. — Alice Sebold

I was always afraid of things that worked the first time. Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before they could be got commercial; but here was something there was no doubt of. — Thomas A. Edison

Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astonished at nothing. They always want to have the air of knowing better than you what you are going to tell them; when, in their turn, they begin to speak, they repeat to you with the greatest confidence, as if dealing with their own property, the things that they have heard you say yourself at some other place. A capable and superior look is the natural accompaniment of this type of character. — Eugene Delacroix

You wouldn't call yourself a runner if you quit every race your ran halfway through. — Chuck Wendig

I hope I can make more miracles, more dreams come true. — Guan Tianlang

Philippe to his mother "do stop chasing after a carriage that has a runaway mare. — E.L.R. Jones Formerly, Now Ellie Keys