Oaten Quotes & Sayings

His voice dropped to a low murmur, and he leaned down so that he was almost whispering in her ear. "You see, there's this woman."
She wasn't going to look at him. She wasn't.
"Normally, one might say that there was a beautiful woman - but I don't think she qualifies as a classical beauty. Still, I find that when she's around, I'd rather look at her than anyone else."
He set two fingers against her cheek, and Minnie sucked in a breath. She was not going to look at him. He'd see the longing in her eyes, and then ...
"There's something about her that draws my eye. Something that defies words. Maybe it's her hair, but I tried to tell her that, and she told me I was being ridiculous. I suppose I was. Maybe it's her lips. Maybe it's her eyes, although she so rarely looks at me. — Courtney Milan

Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea. — Robert Rauschenberg

I go to Union Square Park, mostly to take care of squirrels. — Bernhard Goetz

The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity. — Sholem Asch

For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of adequately distinguishing between the innocent and guilty. It is reprehensible and immoral to gamble with life and death. — James Frey

7 Precious Are Things Of Utility
Give to eat mare some meat,
Leaves for lion - its freak,
Water for the parrot to dwell,
Air for the fish - it is hell.
[58] - 1
Precious are things that be,
Prized by and of true utility,
Water for fish, parrot for air,
Meat for lion, leaves for mare.
[59] - 1 — Munindra Misra

Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy. — Hans Rosling

These pastoral-poet guys with their bleating goats and oaten pipes can stuff their phalaecean hendecasyllabics where the sun don't shine. — David Wishart

I thought I was an actor playing a wizard. But really, I was a wizard playing an actor. — Daniel Radcliffe

Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears
To-day of past Regrets and future Fears
To-morrow?
Why, To-morrow I may be
Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years. — Omar Khayyam

My breakthrough was when I began to write during my commute, at first taking notes on my Palm Pilot, and then moving on to writing full prose on the tiny QWERTY keyboard of my iPaq smartphone. I got so fast that I was averaging 400 words during the 35 minutes or so I spent on the subway each way, or 800 words round trip. — Peter V. Brett

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. — Ralph Nader

There is freedom when you realize that you are just a witness to all that is happening. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea. — David Crosby

For trumpets sterne to chaunge mine Oaten reeds,
And sing of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds; — Edmund Spenser

You know what they say. First, it starts with conjugation. Then it leads to consummation. — Lauren Blakely