Linnett Key Quotes & Sayings

Experience is a truer guide than the words of others. — Leonardo Da Vinci

I think the oddest thing about the advanced people is that while they are always talking of things as problems, they have hardly any notion of what a real problem is. A real problem only occurs when there are admittedly disadvantages in all courses that can be pursued. If it is discovered just before a fashionable wedding that the Bishop is locked up in the coal-cellar, that is not a problem. It is obvious to anyone but an extreme anti-clerical or practical joker that the Bishop must be let out of the coal-cellar. But suppose the Bishop has been locked up in the wine-cellar, and from the obscure noises, sounds as of song and dance, etc., it is guessed that he has indiscreetly tested the vintages round him; then indeed we may properly say that there has arisen a problem; for upon the one hand, it is awkward to keep the wedding waiting, while, upon the other, any hasty opening of the door might mean an episcopal rush and scenes of the most unforeseen description. — G.K. Chesterton

I find religion and spirituality fascinating. I would like to believe this isn't the end and there's something more, but I can't convince the rational part of me that that makes any sense whatsoever. — George R R Martin

I'm a film doll. But I'm enjoying it. So I'm gonna keep doing it. — Shannyn Sossamon

I'm stupid. Stupidity makes me human!
.29. — Nova Riyanti Yusuf

Will I have to use a dictionary to read your book?" asked Mrs. Dodypol. "It depends," says I, "how much you used the dictionary before you read it. — Alexander Theroux

I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The six people you must find today ...
Someone to love.
Someone to thank.
Someone to be grateful for.
Someone to forgive
Someone to forget
Someone to admire. — James Altucher

I was trying to support a family with writing. I didn't have a private income. I had no other profession. — John Updike

People die out for gold and seed. But not me, I want a forged heart, not craved greed. — Abhijit Haldar

My eyes widen at
the sight of her. This is the girl
Boss Man is after? She looks like a
porcelain doll ... beat three times
with an ugly stick. — Victoria Scott

If you see how carefully I prepare for any kind of walk, legal or illegal, small or big, you will see that, actually, I narrow the unknown to virtually nothing. And that's when I am ready to walk on the wire. — Philippe Petit

Books + friendship = book club — Kristin Hannah

First make peace inside yourself. — Nick Nolte

Who is your teacher? If you give only one name, then you are not a good student! And who is a good student? He is whose teacher is everyone and everything! — Mehmet Murat Ildan