Osmotica Quotes & Sayings

Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse. — Umar

The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self. — Novalis

There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them. — Dale Carnegie

I was always into sports games. Never really played anything else. I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam. — Chris Paul

My wife once said that if men had to worry about who was going to clean up the mess, there'd be a lot less violence in the world. — Donna Ball

I had to fight my whole life to break out of my circumstances. That's just part of my makeup. — Hilary Swank

Personally, I avoid deus ex machina like the plague - if you have to use one, it means you failed to set up the universe and the plot properly. It's like a whodunnit where there's no actual way for the reader to identify the perpetrator before the climactic reveal: there's no sense of closure for the reader. — Charles Stross

The three things that motivate creative people - autonomy, mastery, purpose! — Daniel H. Pink

The terrorist attacks on September the 11th were a turning point for our nation. We saw the goals of a determined enemy: to expand the scale of their murder, and force America to retreat from the world. And our nation accepted a mission: We will defeat this enemy. The United States of America is determined to guard our homeland against future attacks. As the September the 11th Commission concluded, our country is safer than we were three years ago, but we are not yet safe. — George W. Bush

Most certain things are the most changeable. — Mary Pauline Lowry

I always assume I look better than I actually do. I'll feel pretty good about myself when I leave the house, then I'll see a picture and think, 'Crap, I had no idea that's what I was looking like.' — Katherine Heigl

The man
inside of woman
ties a knot
so that they will
never again be separate ... — Anne Sexton

I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long. — Marie De Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise De Sevigne