Nightrule Quotes & Sayings

In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you have to think about your stride, your hip action, your wrist action, determine how much, if any the ball is going to break and then decide whether to swing at it. — Duke Snider

Surviving one's own life, living on the other side of it like a spectator, is quite comfortable after all. You no longer expect anything, no longer fear anything, and every hour is like a memory. — Simone De Beauvoir

Perhaps it is true that for all the evidence of the mirror, one pictures oneself in some deep niche of the mind as forever 18. — Vikram Seth

I remember playing the Mad Hatter in a school play and feeling very comfortable in the character. — John Burnside

As the taste for what may be called book-learning increases, manual labor should not be neglected. The education of the mind and the education of the body should go hand in hand. A skillful brain should be joined with a skillful hand. Manual labor should be dignified among us and always be made honorable. The tendency, which is too common in these days, for young men to get a smattering of education and then think themselves unsuited for mechanical or other laborious pursuits is one that should not be allowed to grow among us ... Every one should make it a matter of pride to be a producer, and not a consumer alone. Our children should be taught to sustain themselves by their own industry and skill, and not only do this, but to help sustain others, and that to do this by honest toil is one of the most honorable means which God has furnished to His children here on earth. The subject of the proper education of the youth of Zion is one of the greatest importance. — Wilford Woodruff

Our date-nightrule is no talking about the kids. That lasts about to the end of the driveway. — Paul Reiser

When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs. — Yann Tiersen

One of the fascinating things about researching Heaven and Hell is, of course, the fact that there are so few descriptions of Heaven, because most people can't really explain what it would be like beyond a couple of sentences, whereas Hell is quite often personal. — Tad Williams

English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket. — Agnes Repplier

People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging. — Sherwood Anderson

The terrible powerlessness of being unable to do anything except wait for mercy you couldn't earn and didn't deserve. — Alexis Hall