Lorna Simpson Famous Quotes & Sayings

There are no sick people in North Oxford. They are either dead or alive.It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference , that's all. — Barbara Pym

Start Change Ourselves to Better and Then the World — Jan Jansen

Walking with a dead man over my shoulder. Don't run away, it's only me ... — Ernest Cline

Be the kind of friend who makes it easier for others to obey the commandments when they are with you. — Robert D. Hales

I have loved music so much from when I was little, and I don't know whether it was because I saw my dad doing it and then I got the idea; I don't know what came first ... But I always had a hairbrush in the mirror singing. I was always with him backstage; I would go out and be pulled in for the last song. — Lisa Marie Presley

I know that, except for carbon, there would be no life in the universe. Except for this one atom, there would be no life. Well, why? When you think about it, it does get spooky. Encountering these molecules are spiritual experiences similar to what I remember in church as a child, only these are more serious. — Richard Smalley

Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American takes it for granted that every year business makes something new and better accessible to him. Looking backward upon the years of his own life, he realizes that many implements that were totally unknown in the days of his youth and many others which at that time could be enjoyed only by a small minority are now standard equipment of almost every household. He is fully confident that this trend will prevail also in the future. He simply calls it the American way of life and does not give serious thought to the question of what made this continuous improvement in the supply of material goods possible. — Ludwig Von Mises

If I was a dinosaur, I would photoshop people into my pictures. — Josh Walker

Your staying alive means so much more than you really know or that anyone is aware of at this moment. — Jennifer Michael Hecht

I think I technically learned some things, hopefully. But I go to the movies for characters and story and a berserk vision. — John Waters

You don't serve God by saying: the Church is ineffective, I'll have none of it. Your pain at its lack of effectiveness is a sign of your nearness to God. We help overcome this lack of effectiveness simply by suffering on account of it. — Flannery O'Connor

The color of this sky, what would you call it? Rose? Flame? Iridescent? The color of angel's wings? Or a huge temple? No, it is none of these things. It is much more sublime. — Osamu Dazai