Manituova Quotes & Sayings

Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from. — Nora Ephron

I think everyone has their personal stands, and everyone has challenges in their life. — Anna Popplewell

The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history ... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Stand-up is an art but since it's humor and it's funny - a lot of guys that don't think it's art are probably coming from the angle that they don't want to take it so seriously. I've always looked at it as an art but I don't look at it as a pretentious art. I understand it has to be taken lightly because it is just comedy in the end, but the good stand-up comics are someone with something to say. — Mitch Hedberg

I go out with white women. This makes a lot of people unhappy, mostly black women. — Dennis Rodman

Be wary of security as a goal. It may often look like life's best prize. Usually it's not. — William Zinsser

Of course I have nightmares-Who doesn't? — Darren Shan

Why does each man kill the thing he loves? ... you killed it by accident. Thinking you were doing something else. It was a cherished vase that broke while you were cleaning it. The phone rang and you dropped it. Shattering, when all you wanted was to keep it safe. — Janet Fitch

How many beautiful trees gave their lives that today's scandal should, without delay, reach a million readers. — Edwin Way Teale

We know only that in some strange and melancholy way we have become a waste land. All the same, we are not often sad. — Erich Maria Remarque

God will certainly care for all His creation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You can't see anything properly while your eyes are blurred with tears. — C.S. Lewis

I never had, or wished for, power over you. That isn't true, of course. I wanted the greatest power of all. but not advantage, or authority. — Shirley Hazzard

To call the world God is not to explain it; it is only to enrich our language with a superfluous synonym. — Arthur Schopenhauer

From personal experience, I completely agree that it is often easier to go for monotone sadness. When I was starting out, I wrote a gazillion short stories that ran the gamut of human suffering - drug addiction, child abuse, terminal illness, loved ones dying by all manner of misfortune, etc. In hindsight, it's clear that I mistook the power of the situation for the power of the story. — Anthony Marra