Oprahs Book List Quotes & Sayings

It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into what is before him. — Robert Henri

There is no defense against a base on balls. — Joe Garagiola

For if Chloe likes Olivia and Mary Carmichael knows how to express it she will light a torch in that vast chamber where nobody has yet been. — Virginia Woolf

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials. — Ronald Knox

The disaster ... is what escapes the very possibility of experience - it is the limit of writing. This must be repeated: the disaster de-scribes. — Maurice Blanchot

The fundamental flaw in Social Security and Medicare is that they violate the 'welfare principle' in economics. The welfare principle forms the fundamental basis of all charitable work in churches and other private organizations: assist those who need help, and equally important, don't assist individuals who can take care of themselves. — Mark Skousen

The guy said, "Hop in the back." He craned around in his seat and batted stray items aside. Reacher opened the door and slid in and used his hip to finish the job. He closed the door and the woman hit the gas and they took off, cruising easy through the last thirty-some miles of America. — Lee Child