Maverick 1994 Quotes & Sayings

After a long while he sat upright with great effort, exhaled a sigh and reached for a clean sheet of lined paper, smoothing it out on the desk. He unscrewed the lid of his fountain pen, laid it perpendicular to his paper, and began to write. Often he compared his writing to white water. He had only to leap in to be dragged away on its rapids, thrown this way and that with his own will rendered impotent. While writing he found the words came from the muscles in his hands, the feel of the shaft of his pen, the locked joint of his elbow. the scratching noise of the nib marking paper and, underneath all that, some coordinating impulse in his guts. Certainly not from his mind. — Ali Shaw

Don't halloo until you're out of the wood. — Benjamin Franklin

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents. — Pablo Picasso

Styles be fat like Jackie Gleason, the rest be Art Carney. — Phife Dawg

No gentleman can be without three copies of a book: one for show, one for use, and one for borrowers. — Richard Heber

Oh gravity, thou art a heartless bitch. — Jim Parsons

There are seeds of happiness planted in every human soul. Our mental attitude and disposition constitute the environment in which these seeds may germinate. — David O. McKay

Some people hate the rain, other appreciate it for the blooming flowers. — Karen Quan

Is she kind as she is fair? — William Shakespeare

You see, when someone says "it's impossible,' I have this very bad habit, I can't help myself, I immediately contradict that person in the most positive terms possible. A very bad habit, but one that I find hard to break. — Douglas Preston