Moreisjohnson Quotes & Sayings

A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded. — Lord Byron

One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth. — Zooey Deschanel

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus! — Benjamin Disraeli

What does that represent? There was never any question in plastic art, in poetry, in music, of representing anything. It is a matter of making something beautiful, moving, or dramatic - this is by no means the same thing. — Fernand Leger

I truly am living out what true joy and happiness means. — Jessica White

From a person standpoint, the old expression of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is somewhat true. — Vince McMahon

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. — Max Eastman

The scriptures bid us to send forth our light and our truth and when children carry within their hearts the torch of hope, they learn the darkness yields not only to man-made fire, but to starlight, to the rising sun, and to the light of the soul. — Dennis Kucinich

I'm sure great scripts are hard to find, but I'm definitely open, and waiting to see what comes my way. — Lenny Kravitz

Many authors also attacked the widespread corruption among lawyers. In general, justice was recognized as being so unjust that, as Montaigne complained, ordinary people avoided it rather than seeking it out. He cited a local incident in which a group of peasants found a man lying stabbed and bleeding on a path. He begged them to give him water and help him to his feet, but they ran off, not daring to touch him in case they were held responsible for the attack. Montaigne had the job of talking to them after they were tracked down. "What could I say to them?" he wrote. They were right to be afraid. In another case he mentions, a gang of killers confessed to a murder for which someone had already been tried and was about to be executed. Surely this ought to mean a stay of execution? No, decided the court: that would set a dangerous precedent for overturning judgments. — Sarah Bakewell

Who says I'm insane?"
"Oh you're sane alright.
You're so sane, you scare me.
You're so sane, it's insane. — Neal Shusterman

She doesn't snarl. She smiles instead, but it is a half smile. She is hiding something, an imperfection. There is something about her teeth, the sides of them that she doesn't want me to see. I am fascinated by this unseen flaw. I want to know what she is hiding. Perhaps this is what is missing from my life, some mysterious flaw that I won't want to correct — Lacey Reah