Mortimers Ludlow Quotes & Sayings

What really ruins our character is the fact that none of us looks back over his life. — Seneca.

Why have two figures of such remarkable interest been so scanted by the annalists and historians, so overlooked by philosophers, poets, and priests? I think it may be that they were, to put it bluntly, too disreputable. They were too stubbornly independent to give allegiance to a single city and thus become subject matter for a civic epic. They were too often involved with demons and sorcerers to appeal to the staid philosopher and too shifty to please the sober historian. In short, they were rogues, and rogues have no place in the lists of kings and demigods and heroes. It may be that no poet shall ever write of them, alas! — Steven Saylor

I don't think it's any fun, even if you are one of the most respected authors in the world like Margaret Atwood, to keep being nominated and not win. — Kazuo Ishiguro

I fit my mouth to his and he tastes like water and smells like fresh air. I drag my hand from his neck to the small of his back and put it under his shirt. He kisses me harder. — Veronica Roth

I'm a serial deconstructor of my own authority in certain areas. — Jonathan Lethem

It wasn't till they were on the bridge that Delly asked RB, "So, Ferris Boyd's your favorite?" She didn't mind, mostly.
RB answered so fast, though, she knew he wasn't fibbing. "She's my favorite friend," he told her. "You're my favorite everything. — Katherine Hannigan

You are a great problem-creator. Just understand this and suddenly problems disappear. — Rajneesh

What she had believed was indignation or rage or a deep intolerance for injustice came down to this: she was irreducibly in love with this bewitching planet, this thrilling life, this heartbreaking species she belonged to, with its capacity for stupefying destruction and breathtaking magnanimity. — Thrity Umrigar

We are going on the assumption that this is not socialized medicine. Let me tell you here and now it is socialized medicine. — James B. Utt

Love is the treasure of life, so spend it as much as you can. As you spend, the universe will be richer and friendlier. It will pay you back a thousand times more. — Debasish Mridha

A man cannot embrace a woman's faults until he loves her. A woman embraces the faults and then falls in love. — Kathryn Smith

What's true for us as individual humans is true for the civilization we create:
a sprint culture, seeking ever greater speed and power in all things cannot endure. — Ed Ayres

I personally use the web as an Intelligence Amplifier — Bran Ferren

I have to humbly say people really like the bad guys. — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa