Marturie Quotes & Sayings

You can only achieve what you aim for - so shoot for the stars!!! — Ginger Gelsheimer

Do as she says, you wormfaced, crawling, sand-brained piece of lizard turd! — Frank Herbert

Don't dumb it down. The audience is smart and gets what you are doing. — Bruce Paltrow

Hope could be a devastating emotion if you allowed it to control you.
But it was a risk that I was willing to take. — Nicole Sobon

For a hero is someone who is selfless. Think about it, friends. Superman, Luke Skywalker, and Captain America. They are helping others. They aren't only thinking for themselves. They are reaching out beyond themselves. — Mark Andrew Poe

I love nature, I love the landscape, because it is so sincere. It never cheats me. It never jests. It is cheerfully, musically earnest. I lie and relie on the earth. — Henry David Thoreau

Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave. — James Russell Lowell

The average citizen expresses pride in the American Bill of Rights and then seeks to protect his real estate by restrictive covenants. — Harry Allen Overstreet

In the system of chivalry, men protect women against men. This is not unlike the protection relationship which [organized crime] established with small businesses in the early part of this century. Indeed, chivalry is an age-old protection racket which depends for its existence on rape. — Susan Griffin

Knowledge that I might be necessary, but that we shouldn't be proud that I was necessary. — Hugh Howey

O fallen angel,
the companion within me,
whisper something holy
before you pinch me
into the grave. — Anne Sexton

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. — Bertrand Russell

Sorrow fully accepted brings its own gifts. For there is alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmitted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness. — Pearl S. Buck

You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real. — David Lee Roth