Overdyke Quotes & Sayings

Insist on yourself; never imitate. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween. — Charles S. Swartz

I like the trail that the Internet created. For example, I was watching one of those Douglas Sirk movies, and I noticed that Rock Hudson towered over everyone, and I typed in "How tall was" and I saw "How tall was Jesus," and I'm like, "Sure," and half an hour later you're somewhere you didn't expect to be. It doesn't work that same way in books, does it? Even if you have an encyclopedia, the trail isn't that crazy. I like that aspect of it. — David Sedaris

Capitalism survives by forcing the majority, whom it exploits, to define their own interests as narrowly as possible. This was once achieved by extensive deprivation. Today in the developed countries it is being achieved by imposing a false standard of what is and what is not desirable. — John Berger

In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? — Rainer Maria Rilke

Epicurus says that you should rather have regard to the company with whom you eat and drink, than to what you eat and drink. — Seneca The Younger

Young men make mistakes. This is inevitable, in any profession. — John Katzenbach

You think it's easy to find someone? You think they'll just show up at your door and love you, and everything will be perfect and turn out like a fairy tale? Ha! Like that ever happens. — Kristin Walker

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect. — Friedrich Nietzsche