Muirhead Scotch Quotes & Sayings

Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, 'Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,' served as my muse for 'The Painted Girls.' I came upon a television documentary on the work, and as someone who held the sculpture in high esteem and who largely considered ballet to be the high-minded pursuit of privileged young girls, I was struck by what I would learn. — Cathy Marie Buchanan

Like old men and like the majority of thinkers, he slept little. — Victor Hugo

What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to have been handed down by authority. — Saint Augustine

I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are. — Andrea Arnold

I didn't know what to do, there was a feeling of time running out and a loss of momentum, of opportunities wasted. — Jon McGregor

Human beings only learn by observing and copying. What does this really mean? It means that your friends will only tell you that your ideas are great once you succeed and never before that. Expecting someone's approval is a waste of time. — Robin Sacredfire

How to Stay Christian in Seminary should be placed in the hands of every first-year seminarian. It provides a much-needed balance as they navigate the beautiful but treacherous waters of a seminary education. I plan to use this powerful little book with great profit for my students in the years ahead. — Daniel L. Akin

Yield, and I'll eat your little pussy... first. — Setta Jay

Ingratitude' is the name which avatars of Narcissus give to the success of others. — Jean Lorrain

Here I am with you & yet not for a single moment do I forget that there's an unfinished novel waiting for me. — Anton Chekhov

I love the game. It's fun to play, period. I love running around and getting sweaty. I love trying to lead my team. I love facing the challenge of another team that's better. — Jamila Wideman

I'd like to thank Dariel pasta. — Phil Baroni

Old New York City is a friendly old town From Washington Heights to Harlem on down There's a-mighty many people all millin' all around They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down It's hard times in the city Livin' down in New York town — Bob Dylan