Littlestitious Quotes & Sayings

George could only stare at the young lady's kindling face, which lighted up all in a moment, and was suddenly beautiful, like some transparency which seems a dingy picture till you put a lamp behind it. The young surgeon could only stare wonderingly at Mr. Sleaford's daughter, for he hadn't the faintest idea what she and his friend were talking about. — Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outcome, when there's no logical connection between them. Most of us aren't superstitious - but most of us are a 'littlestitious.' — Gretchen Rubin

Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The rain keeps starting and stopping like an anxious lover who doesn't know if he should spend the night. — Daniel Jose Older

The government's instinct is to shroud itself in secrecy - to act like the office of a president instead of as a collective cabinet government held to account by the elected House of Commons. — Charles Kennedy

Evolution was in a strange mood when that creation came along ... It makes one wonder just where the plant world leaves off and the animal world begins. — John Colton

The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their superiors (in governing them). — Lao-Tzu

Is it that the joy that comes from other people always risks sadness, because even when love doesn't fail, mortality enters in; is it that there is a place where sadness and joy are not distinct, where all emotion lies together, a sort of ocean into which the tributary streams of distinct emotions go, a faraway deep inside; is it that such sadness is only the side effect of art that describes the depths of our lives, and to see that described in all its potential for loneliness and pain is beautiful? — Rebecca Solnit

Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty. — Norton Juster

The person who knows everything has the most to learn. — Bob Phillips

People, particularly over-moralistic Americans, have often seen me as a pessimist and humourless to boot, yet I think I have an almost maniacal sense of humour. The problem is that it's rather deadpan. — J.G. Ballard

It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.' — Marcus Tullius Cicero

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage. — Dirk Benedict

From Shakespeare to Robi Thakur, everyone has written stories about people and incidents around them. There is no creativity minus reality irrespective of how flowery or abstract you make it. — Vidya Balan

I regard Jesus, like the Buddha, as a figure with the power to shape our lives. — Jay Parini