Murmann Mcdonald Quotes & Sayings

Writing doesn't require drive. It's like saying a chicken has to have drive to lay an egg. — John Updike

Today, I will understand that I hold the key to my freedom. I will stop participating in my oppression and victimization. I will take responsibility for myself, and let others do as they may. — Melody Beattie

Living submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air. — Evangelista Torricelli

Animals, even plants, lie to each other all the time, and we could restrict the research to them, putting off the real truth about ourselves for the several centuries we need to catch our breath. What is it that enables certain flowers to resemble nubile insects, or opossums to play dead, or female fireflies to change the code of their flashes in order to attract, and then eat, males of a different species? — Lewis Thomas

Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Too bad Justice refused to let him toss live grenades to the side of the course. That would add motivation. He knew from personal experience. His personal best time for a quarter-mile run had been in Africa - while being chased by an angry rhino. Imminent death made for a great workout. — Susan Mallery

the end of a couple is like a death, and the notion of death, of temporariness, can remind us of the value of things, — Mohsin Hamid

No person who has not spent a period of his life in those 'stark and sullen solitudes that sentinel the Pole' will understand fully what trees and flowers, sun-flecked turf and running streams mean to the soul of a man — Ernest Shackleton

The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do. — Barbara Ann Scott