Motes Crossword Quotes & Sayings

Did you imagine that you would make me believe ill of Sophy with your foolish and spiteful letter!' he demanded. 'You have tried to set me against her from the outset, but you over-reached yourself today, my girl! How dared you write in such terms to me! How could you have been so crassly stupid as to suppose that Sophy could ever need your countenance to set her right in the eyes of the world, or that I would believe one word of slander against her? — Georgette Heyer

Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures. — Michael Broadbent

I feel like there are messages. I feel like there are angels. I feel that there is a legacy and an energy. And I feel that it's possible to tap into that. — John Zorn

Nothing dissects a man in public quite like golf. — Brent Musburger

Your speech is your ultimate art.
Your deeds are your ultimate creation.
Your destiny is your ultimate masterpiece. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We have no idea how the subjective quality of consciousness emerges from the physical stuff of the brain. — Richard Davidson

Walt Disney had always tried to get more dimension in his animation and when I saw these tapes, I thought, This is it! This is what Walt was waiting for! But when I looked around, nobody at the studio at the time was even halfway interested in it. — John Lasseter

All forces have been steadily employ'd to complete and delight me, Now on this spot I stand with my robust soul. — Walt Whitman

Wind is a plant's only chance to make music. — Peter Steinhart

Illiada by Homer is one of the great stories in literature. And I thought its themes really resonated today, whether that was my projection or Homer's intentions. It didn't seem like we had come very far. — Brad Pitt

This one word 'grace' contains within itself the whole of New Testament theology. — J.I. Packer

In her excellent, entirely readable Richard Wright, Hazel Rowley accomplishes what [previous biographer] Michel Fabre would have liked to do with once-guarded letters, aging witnesses, previously unidentified girlfriends ... Mostly, Rowley concentrates on telling Wright's very powerful story. — Darryl Pinckney