Nytteverdi Quotes & Sayings

Two monologues do not make a dialogue. — Jeff Daly

Compassion and brutality can coexist in the same individual and in the same moment ... — Primo Levi

I think the downside of the Internet is that speaking-or writing-has become the point in and of itself. — Cate Blanchett

You are not mentally developed by what you read, but by what you think about what you read. — Wallace D. Wattles

There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. There is a difference. — O. Henry

Here, far from our homes, we will be forgotten by our gods. — Neil Gaiman

It turned out in the long run that Lincoln's credit and the popular confidence that supported it were as valuable both to his creditors and himself as if the sums which stood over his signature had been gold coin in a solvent bank. — John George Nicolay

Can I admit I'm a little freaked out that Socrates only has one name? I know that's how it was done in those days, but it bugs me. I can't tell if it's his last name or his first name or what. And it can't be shortened - except to Sock, which is completely stupid. I want him to have a more familiar name - something laid back and modern, so I can relate to him better. So I stare at the picture in my book of the curly-bearded guy with the pug nose, and by the end of study hall, I name him Frank. Frank Socrates. Makes him more huggable. — A.S. King

It was if we all sensed we'd be gone someday soon in a sudden instant
often it happened in the middle of the night
and didn't want to get involved. Or else it was that none of us wanted to know anybody later on who was the way we were now. — Richard Ford