Monsieur Jourdain Quotes & Sayings

Those people who leap from personal bafflement at a natural phenomenon straight to a hasty invocation of the supernatural are no better than the fools who see a conjuror bending a spoon and leap to the conclusion that it is 'paranormal'. — Richard Dawkins

89th: Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust. — George Washington

Write at a pace that doesn't surpass your creative flow. Don't be hasty; don't be sloppy. Don't forfeit impressive writing for an impressive word count. Because eventually it will all have to be edited, and you'll find that it is harder to make bad writing good than to make good writing better. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Saints are what they are not because their sanctity makes them admirable to others, but because the gift of sainthood makes it possible for them to admire everyone else. — Thomas Merton

Young men just don't drift coolly out of nowhere and buy a palace on Long Island. — F Scott Fitzgerald

You need an audience to help you figure out what's working and what's worth putting on your album or your special - or even just what's worth touring with. — Demetri Martin

That's the difficult part of being mortal. Of having choice. Much is hidden from you. — Jim Butcher

We forgive freely or we do not really forgive at all. — Lewis B. Smedes

In one's youth, one has tremendous access to one's feelings. And as one gets older, some of those feelings kind of drift away. But so much more happens to you. There's more at stake in life. — Nicole Krauss

I still have the first bottle opener I made on my MakerBot. Things you fabricate are things you care more about. I think there will always be people who go and buy crap at the dollar store. But I think it is cool when people craft things themselves. — Bre Pettis

Her mother had always said that women, being more at peace with themselves than men, needed fewer distractions from their hurts. — Clive Barker

The silence is screaming out for noise. — Tim Sanders

Because who hasn't tried to pull their arms from the sleeves of gravity's lead coat?
Who doesn't have at least one pair of wax wings out in the garage? — Lucia Perillo

Vengeance is like a fire. The more it devours, the hungrier it gets. — J.M. Coetzee

Our pride and self-importance are European, while our development and actions are Asiatic. — Anton Chekhov