Mystery And Manners Quotes & Sayings

We're all cracked vessels, and we're always in process, I think, every one of us. — Tavis Smiley

I do not get to know God and then do His will. I get to know Him by doing His will. — Philip Yancey

We pretend to be a middle class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods ... We love the prep school manners, the aristocratic calm, the Skull and Bones mystery, the dappled lawns stretching before New England summer homes. How else can you explain the Bush vs. Kerry match-up that confronts us this year — David Brooks

I believe firmly in mystery and manners. — Flannery O'Connor

Jealousy is like a cactus its respond and reaction is thorny — Kishore Bansal

There are two qualities that make fiction. One is the sense of mystery and the other is the sense of manners. You get the manners from the texture of existence that surrounds you. The great advantage of being a Southern writer is that we don't have to go anywhere to look for manners; bad or good, we've got them in abundance. We in the South live in a society that is rich in contradiction, rich in irony, rich in contrast, and particularly rich in its speech — Flannery O'Connor

I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game. — Bob Balaban

Man always behave like a snail on the railway! He thinks he has infinite time and moves accordingly, with the speed of unbelievable and nerve-wracking slowness! — Mehmet Murat Ildan