Mottern Institute Quotes & Sayings

If a book comes from the heart, it will contrive to reach other hearts; all art and author-craft are of small amount to that. — Thomas Carlyle

Once you get that instinct for the fictiveness, the fictionality of fiction, it kind of sets you free. — Salman Rushdie

American future lies in the East. The great free markets of the Pacific Rim are the American destiny. — Donald Freed

I feel sorry for short people, you know. When it rains, they're the last to know. — Rodney Dangerfield

People are tired of being told that this is as good as it gets. They hear in Donald Trump someone who says, 'We can do better.' — Mike Pence

It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia is where the Communist conspirators have elected to make their play for global conquest, and that we have joined the issue thus raised on the battlefield; that here we fight Europe's war with arms while the diplomats there still fight it with words; that if we lose the war to communism in Asia the fall of Europe is inevitable, win it and Europe most probably would avoid war and yet preserve freedom. As you pointed out, we must win. There is no substitute for victory. — Douglas MacArthur

Bit by bit, putting it together ...
Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art.
Every moment makes a contribution,
Every little detail plays a part.
Having just the vision's no solution,
Everything depends on execution,
Putting it together, that's what counts. — Stephen Sondheim