Mortale Quotes & Sayings

National security is vital for economic and social progress. — Paul Kagame

The death of a real deer at my hands was just a vaporous, remote presence that hovered over the figure of the paper deer forty-five yards away at target six of our archery range, as I tried to hit the heart-lung section marked out in heavy black. — James Dickey

The worse the haircut, the better the man. — John Green

Television is the triumph of machine over people. — Fred Allen

[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him. — James Hudson Taylor

You know, search has never been a strong suit of Facebook. — Jennifer Lee

People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification. — Dalia Mogahed

Your child acts this way because she doesn't know how else to handle her difficult thoughts and feelings. — Jeffrey Bernstein

Black vintners in this country make some really great wines. Explore a wine list and you will find at least one of our wines in the best restaurants. Buy a bottle for your table, and let management know you appreciate them including a Black winemaker in their stock. — Andre Hueston Mack

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession. — Mahatma Gandhi

When he was rough, my body soared. When he was gentle, he slayed me. — Juliette Cross

Your mother contained a good spirit. A loving spirit. A spirit that will not cease to exist.
Eva looked at him, her brows furrowed.
Rovender placed his arm around Eva's shoulders. You see, she lives within you now, in all of the lessons that she taught you. Lessons you will never forget. Lessons you will always carry with you ... and will one day pass on. — Tony DiTerlizzi

Cats talk to whomever they please. — Robin Hobb

Schiller writes in a letter [to Goethe, 17 December 1795] of a 'poetic mood'. I think I know what he means, I think I am familiar with it myself. It is the mood of receptivity to nature and one in which one's thoughts seem as vivid as nature itself. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

The event, in its emergence, poses its own premises, determining that they were the conditions for its realization. This transition is always the result of a salto mortale, which is a creative act in the sense that it gives the preceding links in the chain of events their meaning. — Stathis Kouvelakis

Darnell had received what is called a sound commercial education, and would therefore have found very great difficulty in putting into articulate speech any thought that was worth thinking; — Arthur Machen