Orotund Font Quotes & Sayings

The epic story of the West is the development in the 19th century of a mass prosperity the world had never seen and its near-disappearance in one nation after another in the 20th. — Edmund Phelps

How you ought properly to spell 'fish' in English: 'goti' . — George Bernard Shaw

... Elizabeth, agitated and confused, rather knew that she was happy, than felt herself to be so ... — Jane Austen

Tell me what to wish for," I say. "Tell me what to ask the sea for."
"To be happy. Happiness."
I close my eyes. My mind is full of Corr, of the ocean, of Puck Connelly's lips on mine. "I don't think such a thing is had on Thisby. And if it is, I don't know how you would keep it."
... Puck's voice is in my ear; her breath warms my neck inside my jacket collar. "You whisper to it. What it needs to hear. Isn't that what you said? — Maggie Stiefvater

Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational Institution, we may have a generation of professors whose duty it will be to disseminate information which they have not the time to acquire. — Edwin Boring

Drawing prayer circles starts with discerning what God wants, what God wills. And until His sovereign will becomes your sanctified wish, your prayer life will be unplugged from its power supply. Sure, you can apply some of the principles of becoming a circle maker, and they may help you get what you want, but getting what you want isn't the goal; the goal is glorifying God by drawing circles around the promises, miracles, and dreams He wants for you. — Mark Batterson

I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet. — Damien Hirst

There are some amazingly good wines for five dollars a bottle. — Karen MacNeil

If we hide, Therru, we feed him. We will eat. And we will starve him. Come with me. — Ursula K. Le Guin

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. — Frank Lloyd Wright