Lardners Law Quotes & Sayings

Is there then no hope? Good gracious, no, heavens, what an idea! Just a faint one perhaps, but which will never serve. But one forgets. — Samuel Beckett

Fairytales teach children that the world is fraught with danger, including life-threatening danger; but by being clever (always), honest (as a rule, but with common-sense exceptions), courteous (especially to the elderly, no matter their apparent social station), and kind (to anyone in obvious need), even a child can succeed where those who seem more qualified have failed.
And this precisely what children most need to hear.
To let them go on believing that the world is safe, that they will be provided for and achieve worthwhile things even if they remain stupid, shirk integrity, despise courtesy, and act only from self-interest, that they ought to rely on those stronger, smarter, and more able to solve their problems, would be the gravest disservice: to them, and to society as a whole.
-On the Supposed Unsuitability of Fairytales for Children — J. Aleksandr Wootton

The rain landed on my skin with a barely audible patter and changed the tempo of its repetitive dance, letting the wind change its course and angle. The cold soon seeped through my dress and into my bones. An iris from my garland fell in my lap. — Erica Sehyun Song

Real-time marketing is already too late. Brands should focus on sparking conversation, not constantly reacting. — David Berkowitz

America has always been a country of innovation and dynamism, entrepreneurship. And I think that one of the things that has made our country great too is its heterogeneous population where people come here from all over the world. — Jimmy Carter

How does one make a movie about decadence these days? Now that we're allowed to do it, it's too late. — Wilfrid Sheed

You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them. — Henepola Gunaratana

There is not point keeping up with the Joneses if they're going someplace you don't want to go. — Michael Hyatt

Live long, fight hard, love harder... — Julia Mills

Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the substance. — Vitruvius

Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination. — Mary Harris Jones

Some of us are born in the right place, and some of us have to go look for it. — Chris Wooding