Ostinato Pattern Quotes & Sayings

It is true that a writer writes first to please himself and that his own satisfaction with what he has done is perhaps his greatest satisfaction. But writing is a means of communication. It is not enough to speak; you must also be heard. The message must be received and understood. — Christopher Milne

On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory. — Douglas MacArthur

So if there is something on the planet that is worth living for, I'd better not miss it, because once you're dead, it's too late for regrets, and if you die by mistake, that is really, really dumb. — Muriel Barbery

The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys. — Epictetus

Let our girls feel that we expect something more of them than that they merely look pretty and appear well in society. — Anna Julia Cooper

There are years that ask questions and years that answer. — Zora Neale Hurston

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer. — Anne Frank

[W]orship, if not the child, is at least
the brother, of fear. — Will Durant

I have worked so hard since I was 15 years old, all because I wanted to be a mom. — Jaime Pressly

It's hard for me to believe that a human being could have done what I've done, but I know that I did it. — Jeffrey Dahmer

Life is not the unique property of Earth. Nor is life in the shape of human beings. Life takes many forms on other planets and far stars, forms that would seem bizarre to humans, as human life is bizarre to other life-forms. — H.P. Lovecraft