Memorial Day Beach Quotes & Sayings

On the last day of January 1915, under the sign of the Water Bearer, in a year of a great war, and down in the shadow of some French mountains on the borders of Spain, I came into the world. Free by nature, in the image of God, I was nevertheless the prisoner of my own violence and my own selfishness, in the image of the world into which I was born. That world was the picture of Hell, full of men like myself, loving God and yet hating Him; born to love Him, living instead in fear and hopeless self-contradictory hungers. — Thomas Merton

Tomorrow, everyone who is beautiful will come under suspicion. As will those with talent and those with character." His voice was hoarse. "Don't you understand? To be called beautiful will be an insult; talent will be called a provocation, and character an outrage. Because it's their turn now, and they will appear everywhere, from everywhere, emerging in their hundreds of millions and more. Everywhere. The ugly ones, the talentless, those without any character. And they'll throw vitriol in the face of beauty. They will tar and slander talent. They will stab through the heart anyone with character. They're here already ... And there'll be more of them. Be careful! — Sandor Marai

I think it is really sad that when people lose their homes they kind of lose their minds too. — Margaret Cho

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world. — Margaret Mead

Scissors, screwdrivers and the like pose an unacceptable risk to flight crews as well passengers. — Dave Reichert

I'm not a 'long writer' and have never wanted to write a novel or even a novella. Poetry, like flash fiction, provides a readily accessible canvas to play with. Whether to express an emotion or share a vignette, these forms are often interchangeable. — Marge Simon

When you're younger, being a redhead is ... Well, my two brothers teased me no end. — Isla Fisher

Blessings sometimes come through brokenness that could never come in any other way. — Gerald May

Horses pretty much broke as a record in England. — Patti Smith

Wrong way to think about it. Don't try to figure it out all at once. — Jed Rubenfeld

You realize as a director that when you are cutting a film, you want to have alternatives. You need color and choices. You don't want four takes that are identical. — Dolph Lundgren