Oscarlink Quotes & Sayings

The point of essays is the point of writing anything. It's not to tell people what they already think or to give them more of what they already believe; it's to challenge people, and it's to suggest alternate ways of thinking about things. — Meghan Daum

I went down to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the sign says you're open 24 hours. He said, 'Yes, but not in a row. — Steven Wright

Assume that everybody can see what you are doing and then live your life that way - you will find that generally you are treated right. — Frank Schilling

Nasty thoughts are more like worms in the cauliflower! — Amos Oz

Like an inspired and prolific poet, who never refuses to spread beauty to the humblest places, which until now did not seem to share the domain of art, the sun still warmed the bountiful energy of the dung heap, of the unevenly paved yard, and of the pear tree worn down like an old serving maid. — Marcel Proust

Guilt is glorious when it's well earned. — Alice McDermott

Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty. — P. J. O'Rourke

Hatred had invaded her entire being; every cell in her body had hatred in it. She wondered if everyone could smell it on her. It smelled like death and coffee, like lilies and dirt, and it permeated her. — R.L. Griffin

Cultures and climates differ all over the world, but people are the same. They'll gather in public if you give them a good place to do it. — Jan Gehl

You can argue with someone's opinion, but you can't argue with their story. — Nicky Cruz

Anyone can be happy when times are good; the richer experience is to be happy when times are not — Susan Harris

It is perhaps the principal admirableness of the Gothic schools of architecture, that they receive the results of the labour of inferior minds; and out of fragments full of imperfectionraise up a stately and unaccusable whole. — John Ruskin

Did you ever feel happy in church?" "Naw. I didn't want to. Nobody but poor folks get happy in church." "But you are poor, Bigger."
Again Bigger's eyes lit with a bitter and feverish pride. "I ain't that poor. — Richard Wright

Like a bottle of wine or a promising college quarterback turning pro, C.E.O.'s are similar to what economists call experience goods: you commit to a price long before you know if they're worth it. — Adam Davidson