Nathaniel Gray Quotes & Sayings

Externally, the jollity of aged men has much in common with the mirth of children; the intellect, any more than a deep sense of humor, has little to do with the matter; it is, with both, a gleam that plays upon the surface, and imparts a sunny and cheery aspect alike to the green branch, and gray, mouldering trunk. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

A throng of bearded men in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and other bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nothing is something after all. There's math that proves this, of course, but also observations. I know it seems like math and observations are opposites. — Emily Fridlund

An enlightened ruler doesnot worry about people not knowing him; he worriesabout not knowing people. — Zhuge Liang

I love you Denver Beck," she whispered. "I have for a long time." Then she stepped back. "Now it's your turn to decide if you love me. — Jana Oliver

Isolation is the cruelest of punishments, and it had never occurred to me that I was something less than human because I wasn't a man. — Patricia Cornwell

When we become advocates of a creed, something dies; we do not believe God, we only believe our belief about Him. — Oswald Chambers

Aam AAM, noun [Chaldee for a cubit, a measure containing 5 or 6 palms.] A measure of liquids among the Dutch equal to 288 English pints. — Noah Webster

If my children are silly, I must hope to be always sensible of it. — Jane Austen

You must be strong, dear brothers and sisters. You must be strong with the strength that comes from faith. — Pope John Paul II

Oh, glorious Art!" thus mused the enthusiastic painter, as he trod the street. "Thou art the image of the Creator's own. The innumerable forms that wander in nothingness start into being at thy beck. The dead live again. Thou recallest them to their old scenes, and givest their gray shadows the lustre of a better life, at once earthly and immortal. Thou snatchest back the fleeing moments of History. With thee, there is no Past; for at thy touch, all that is great becomes forever present; and illustrious men live through long ages in the visible performance of the very deeds which made them what they are. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

She swallowed it. So bitter.
"Vile," she said. "Vile."
"I know, but it helps. Trust me. I know."
"Trust you," she said. "Hah."
"Clearly you are not dying."
"No. Devil won't take me."
The low chuckle again. "Then we're all safe. — Loretta Chase

I love it, but it's not important to me to always be thought of as sexy. I like it when it doesn't limit my career. It's a part of my life, but on a secondary plane. — Eva Mendes

It is because he was unhappy that God created the world. — Henry De Montherlant

We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well. — Aeschylus

So you're a Shadowhunter,' Nate said. 'De Quincey told me that you lot were monsters.'
'Was that before or after he tried to eat you?' Will inquired. — Cassandra Clare

I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes. — Yelawolf

Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century. — Denzel Washington