Nowise Air Quotes & Sayings

The wall between writing and painting is just good grammar.

Moderation in moderation.

Fun is scary with a happy ending.

Just love. If love doesn't transform that which annoys you, it will be easier to tolerate. — Emily Thornton Calvo

Destroy desire completely for the present. For if you desire anything which is not in our power, you must be unfortunate — Epictetus

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice. — William Hazlitt

Does love always form, like a pearl, around the hardened bits of life? — Andrew Sean Greer

The fruit of wisdom is Christlikeness, peace, humility and love. And, the root of it is faith in Christ as the manifested wisdom of God — J.I. Packer

You can choose, don't confuse, win or lose, it's up to you. — Ozzy Osbourne

I am a firm believer in living as if there were no such thing as a secret. If we hide our sins and live in darkness, we will never get the healing we so desperately need; in fact, if it is hidden so well that we don't even recognize it, we may never even find forgiveness. — Ted Haggard

No better way to help brighten humanity than uplifting others ... especially your friends — Timothy Pina

The Council also commands933 that the public services of the Church shall not be celebrated in the vulgar tongue, but in a fixed language, each one according to the ancient formularies approved by the Church. — Francis De Sales

Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how. — Madeleine M. Kunin

Send the harmony of a Great Desire vibrating through every fiber of your being. Pray for a task that will call forth your faith, your courage, your perseverance, and you spirit of sacrifice. Keep your hands and your soul clean, and the conquering current will flow freely. — Thomas Dreier

A few years later, Mendeleev, now famous, divorced his wife and wanted to remarry. Although the conservative local church said he had to wait seven years, he bribed a priest and got on with the nuptials. This technically made him a bigamist, but no one dared arrest him. When a local bureaucrat complained to the tsar about the double standard applied to the case- the priest was defrocked-the tsar primly replied, I admit, Mendeleev has two wives, but I have only one Mendeleev. — Sam Kean

Tell them I'm coming, mr. Jones. — James O'Barr

The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing practical to alter or deflect the impulse to destroy the enemy, which is central to the very idea of war. — Carl Von Clausewitz