Molesting The Maid Quotes & Sayings

When I began writing in the mid-1960s, I thought it was not important for readers to know whether I was male or female. Also, I was a great admirer of E.B. White, so I may have thought that it would bring me luck to submit my first manuscript as 'E.L.' But if I were starting out today, I would use my first name. — E.L. Konigsburg

He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it. — Samantha Smith

With regard to freedom of expression there are basically two positions: you defend it vigorously for views you hate, or you reject it in favor of Stalinist/Fascist standards. — Noam Chomsky

James and John wanted the glory, but not the cup of shame; the crown, but not the cross; the role of master, but not servant. — J. Oswald Sanders

We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required. — Ramana Maharshi

There are a lot of limitations so you have to ultimately focus on what you think the most important storyline is. — Joseph Kosinski

I very often used to get backaches due to the fact that I was wrong. Whenever you are wrong you have to fight or [take] flight. When [I] make the decision, the backache goes away. — George Soros

Fathers are teachers of the true and not-true, and no father ever knowingly teaches what is not true. In a cloud of unknowing, then, the father proceeds with his instruction. — Donald Barthelme

For the modern physicist, reality is the whole thing, past and future joined in a single history. The sensation of now is just that, a sensation, and different for everyone. Instead of one master clock, we have clocks in multitudes. — James Gleick

Teaching without talent, compassion and endurance is like an octopus on skates - there will be movement without direction. — Kavita Bhupta Ghosh

Have faith in the future and accept your fate. — Navy Topaz

Still more people are arriving:so many people, it makes you wonder how all of them could exist, how there can be so many individual lives and stories and needs and disappointments. — Lauren Oliver

Old age is not a good thing. It can be really hard, and those of us who have it a little easier should keep in mind that there are hundreds of thousands of people who are not as well off. — Grace Paley