Marquetta Oakland Quotes & Sayings

Adult novels are as ephemeral as newspapers. Children's books stay in print for decades. — Sid Fleischman

Surrender to sensuality paralyzes the powers of the moral person. — Josef Pieper

If love is like driving a car, then I must be the worst driver in the world. I missed all the signs and ended up lost. — Brian MacLearn

I don't think other people in the world would share the view there is mounting chaos. — Bill Vaughan

I just don't think people get off on language anymore. Language used to be an elevated art. It used to be for people what music can be. But people don't learn to do that anymore, so eloquence is merely a matter of waste. Who needs a good vocabulary and proper English? Eloquence - it's dead and who needs it? — Kurt Vonnegut

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense. — Jason Mraz

Humans abstract and record information in five major ways: with writing, mathematical notation, painting/photography/videography, maps, and clocks - that is, we can abstract and record verbal, numerical, visual, spatial, and temporal information. — William J. Bernstein