Neophillia Quotes & Sayings

Your skin is white, but I think the white god made a mistake, or maybe he did it on purpose to play a joke. He gave you an Apache heart. — Ellen O'Connell

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. — Thomas Paine

The most puzzling development in politics during the last decade is the apparent determination of Western European leaders to re-create the Soviet Union in Western Europe. — Mikhail Gorbachev

Loving and perishing: it's been a rhyme all these eternities. The will to love: that is, also being willing to die. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Life is too short, too precious, too painful to waste on worldly bubbles that burst — John Piper

It was loud and crazy, and sometimes someone got shot with a stray poisoned arrow, but it was never boring. — Anonymous

My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must learn we cannot do it all at once, we need to prioritize. — Michelle Bachelet

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. 2 SAMUEL 22:31 — Stormie O'martian

We live in the tension between neophillia, or attraction to new things, and neophobia, or fear of new things. — Jonathan Haidt

Sometimes I've thought of an island lost in a boundless sea, where I could live in some hidden valley, among strange trees, in silence. There I think I could find what I want. — W. Somerset Maugham

Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Towering genius ... thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freeman. — Abraham Lincoln

If a man achieves worldly success and does not blend into his life a program of self-improvement to bring about a sensible balance, he no doubt will end up as a failure. — John H. Vandenberg

I don't particularly care about having [my characters] talk realistically, that doesn't mean very much to me. Actually, a lot of people speak more articulately than some critics think, but before the 20th century it really didn't occur to many writers that their language had to be the language of everyday speech. When Wordsworth first considered that in poetry, it was considered very much of a shocker. And although I'm delighted to have things in ordinary speech, it's not what I'm trying to perform myself at all: I want my characters to get their ideas across, and I want them to be articulate. — Louis Auchincloss

Hey, if you're going to price yourself, I say go high. — Jennifer Rardin