Oralanna Quotes & Sayings

People will hold an opinion because they want to keep the company of others who share the opinion, or because they think it is the respectable opinion, or because they have publicly expressed the opinion in the past and would be embarrassed by a "U-turn," or because the world would suit them better if the opinion were true, or . . . Perhaps it is better to get on with your family and friends, to avoid embarrassment, or to comfort yourself with fantasies than to believe the truth. But those who approach matters in this way should give up any pretensions to intellectual seriousness. They are not genuinely interested in reality. — Jamie Whyte

One sort of believes in recycling. But one believes in it as a kind of palliative to the gods. — Fay Weldon

We were a lot alike. I hid behind a false persona, and he blocked his out. — Nashoda Rose

She turned to Jin now, sprawled by the fire, his hat pulled over his eyes. "I can tell you're awake. Are you coming with us?" He sighed, tipping his hat backward. "Yeah, yeah. Just trying to get some sleep before going to near certain death. — Alwyn Hamilton

It's not leadership by position that allows people to succeed; it's the capacity to influence the thoughts, the feelings, the emotions, and the actions of other human beings. — Tony Robbins

Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take refuge in it. — Antiphanes

It takes more than Love and Passion to make a relationship work — Christie Ridgway

It's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much. — John Hiatt

Tuttugu buried his fingers in the ginger bush of his beard and scratched furiously, muttering something.
"What?" I asked.
"Brothel rash," he said.
"Whore pox?" That at least made me smile. "Ha!"
"Snorri said - "
"I ain't laying on hands down there! I'm a prince of Red March, for God's sake! Not some travelling apothecary-cum-faith-healer! — Mark Lawrence

Flaubert spoke true: to succeed a great artist must have both character and fanaticism and few in this country are willing to pay the price. Our writers have either no personality and therefore no style or a false personality and therefore a bad style; they mistake prejudice for energy and accept the sensation of material well-being as a system of thought. — Cyril Connolly

His conscience smote him. As smitings go, it wasn't much, his conscience being in poor fighting condition. — Loretta Chase

So important are insects and other land-dwelling arthropods that if all were to disappear, humanity probably could not last more than a few months. — E. O. Wilson

If all the good people were clever And all the clever people were good The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. But somehow, 'tis seldom or ner The two hit it off as they should The good are so harsh to the clever The clever so rude to the good! — Elizabeth Wordsworth

Many believe that they must discover their purpose for living, that life is about purpose. But, in truth, life is purpose. Meaning is found in the fact of life itself. So many people try to find fulfillment in what they do, instead of who they are and who I am. — Dale Fife