New Earl Dibbles Jr Quotes & Sayings

Sir, what is a pearl?"
"My worthy Ned," I answered, "to the poet, a pearl is a tear of the sea; to the Orientals, it is a drop of dew solidified; to the ladies, it is a jewel of an oblong shape, of a brilliancy of mother-of-pearl substance, which they wear on their fingers, their necks, or their ears; for the chemist, it is a mixture of phosphate and carbonate of lime, with a little gelatine; and lastly, for naturalists, it is simple a morbid secretion of the organ that produces the mother-of-pearl among certain bivalves. — Jules Verne

What is the meaning of it all, of this ... of this world?
'Mystery', I heard in my thoughts, or perhaps, 'mercy', but I wasn't certain of either. — Orhan Pamuk

She was asleep. In my car.
I stood next to the passenger side for a minute, looking down at her. The sun made her skin seem translucent and bloodless. For a moment, it didn't matter why I was falling in love with her. Just that I was. — Tessa Gratton

Anytime something eats too much of my life, I kill it. — Paige Craig

However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent. — Malcolm Boyd

What if I could give you your life back; pluck out the pain; and give you a world of unimaginable beauty that would be for all time. — Anne Rice

If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die. — F. Murray Abraham

The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis. — Fareed Zakaria

Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies. — Dalton Camp

I have never much liked Forkrul Assail. — Steven Erikson

The three most important ways to lead people are: ... by example ... by example ... by example. — Albert Schweitzer