Mettlesome Vs Meddlesome Quotes & Sayings

A novel, or so-called "fiction," if deeply researched and conscientiously written, might well contain as much truth as a high-school history textbook approved by a state board of education. But having been designated "historical fiction" by its publisher, it is presumed to be less reliably true than that textbook. If fiction were defined as "the opposite of truth," then much of the content of many approved historical textbooks could be called "historical fiction."
But fiction is not the opposite of truth. Fiction means "created by imagination." And there is plenty of evidence everywhere in literature and art that imagination can get as close to truth as studious fact-finding can. — James Alexander Thom

The thing about pain is, it teaches you humility — Robert McCammon

I am your spaniel; and, Demetrius,
The more you beat me, I will fawn on you:
Use me but as your spaniel, spurn me, strike me,
Neglect me, lose me; only give me leave,
Unworthy as I am, to follow you.
What worse place can I beg in your love,
And yet a place of high respect with me,
Than to be used as you use your dog? — William Shakespeare

In recent years, even as the court has become an increasingly political body, the Senate is not focused on preserving any perceived ideological balance when Democrat presidents have appointed people to the court. — Sam Brownback

I went to watch my father at Silverstone in the early 1950s, and I've still got the car he was in. — Nick Mason

A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning. — Susan Sontag

Positive thoughts precede positive results. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Matter is simply a concept. The world is made of language. — Terence McKenna

True utility computing centers are on the horizon, but right now, the only real ones are a pale approximation of this vision. In the world that the other 99.9% of us inhabit, production systems are deployed to some relatively fixed set of resources. Applications — Michael T. Nygard

We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance ... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us. — Joan D. Vinge

The only thing worse than bad health is a bad name. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A thousand enemies outside the house are better than one within. Arab proverb — Cornelia Funke

When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always. — Alice Hoffman

Divine was metamorphosed into one of those monsters that are painted on walls, for a customer murmured a magic word: 'homoseckshual — Jean Genet

Life has the habit of throwing curve balls to determine if you are paying attention. — Steven Redhead