Louise Haskins Quotes & Sayings

There we were, filled with pure animal need, as he pinned me to the wooden table, and cruelly whipped my naked bottom; the two of us sweaty and panting, me screaming, him grunting, our primal sexual natures overprinting the tea room's pretence at gentility, and refinement. — Fiona Thrust

Education is not filling — William Butler Yeats

We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day. — Martin Luther

I wonder if he had a Cathy and who see was. — John Steinbeck

I don't think you can become an outstanding runner unless you get a certain amount of enjoyment out of the suffering. You have to enjoy absorbing it, controlling it, and - ultimately - overcoming it. — Derek Clayton

I thought that we were all like trees, flexible youths, saplings, who grow up heavy and stiff, spread seeds and get chopped down and turned into notebook paper. — Jill McCorkle

Talent is perhaps nothing other than successfully sublimated rage. — Theodor W. Adorno

I'm not trying to compete with any other revival soul acts. It's just Leon Bridges, a kid from Fort Worth trying to be himself and give people hope. It's great music to dance to and just love. — Leon Bridges

Beauty, which I admit to being in pursuit of, is an extremely suspect word among many in the art world. But I don't think you can get along without it. It's the confirmation of meaning in life. — Robert Adams

And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown." And he replied: "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light, and safer than a known way." — Minnie Louise Haskins

Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful. — Paula Radcliffe

Drivers should not drive more than a minute without having a (purposefully-designed) curve. — Tom Vanderbilt

One of my biggest complaints about adulthood is that it's difficult to simply hang out with friends — Erin Rooney Doland

Perhaps it was the way he'd look at me and smile,
Perhaps it was the sound of his voice after being utterly defeated,
Perhaps it was the warmth of his touch,
Perhaps I've always been in love with you — Tanzy Sayadi

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi. — William Faulkner