Osnita Quotes & Sayings

The primary function of poetry, as of all the arts, is to make us more aware of ourselves and the world around us. I do not know if such increased awareness makes us more moral or more efficient. I hope not. I think it makes us more human, and I am quite certain it makes us more difficult to deceive. — W. H. Auden

He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it. — Antony Jay

Contemplation of the stupidity which deems happiness possible almost made Voltaire happy. — Voltaire

Sean looks at me then, his eyes bright, in a way that makes me feel out of sorts. I glare back. — Maggie Stiefvater

I dwelt there by choice in privacy and peace. — Alan Bradley

There is no murder. We make murder, and it matters only to us. — Thomas Harris

Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore. — B.B. King

Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Yes, that was the unbearable thing: having to go on, after your life has been ripped apart, while you struggle to understand how in a split second the whole world has unbelievably changed. — Clare Curzon

So that's how you know Donovan. You knew his father."
Warren nodded. "Daniel Caine, a fine man. Donovan is too. But he's not the one for you. — Jennifer Estep

Do you know why few of us like to wait? We don't like to wait because waiting immediately reminds us that we are not in charge. Nothing more quickly offends our delusions of self-sovereignty than being forced to step out of our own schedules and wait for another. Think about it. You have never gotten angry because you have had to wait for you! Only when my heart is progressively in awe of the agenda of One vastly greater and wiser than me will I surrender my schedule to him and be willing to wait for others. — Paul David Tripp

Surely I'm not the only person to ask the obvious question: How different, really, is Mr. Madoff's tale from the story of the investment industry as a whole? — Paul Krugman

Moreover, the fact that the Son of God became man through being conceived by the Holy Spirit and being born of the Virgin Mary, that is, not of the will of the flesh nor of the will of a human father, but of God (John 1:13), means that at this decisive point in the incarnation the distinctive place and function of man as male human being was set aside. — Thomas F. Torrance

Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly ... — Margaret Mead