Ownenergy Quotes & Sayings

They were terrified out of their wits, the devil knows why: they take you for a brigand and a spy. And the prosecutor has died of fright; the funeral is to-morrow. Won't you be there? — Nikolai Gogol

Most of the stories I have go downhill quickly. In all honesty most of the good stories I have, no one else would think is funny. — JD Era

Unlimited power is the ideal thing when it is in safe hands. The despotism of heaven is the one absolutely perfect government, and earthly despotism would be the absolute perfect earthly government if the conditions were the same; namely the despot the perfectest individual of the human race, and his lease of life perpetual; but as a perishable, perfect man must die and leave his despotism in the hands of an imperfect successor, an earthly despotism is not merely a bad form of government, it is the worst form that is possible. — Mark Twain

I would like to tell her all about Josef, but she already dismissed me once when I tried to confide in her. It is like he said: we believe what we want to, what we need to. The corollary is that we choose not to see what we'd rather pretend doesn't exist. Mary can't accept the thought that Josef Weber might be a monster, because that implies that she was duped by him. — Jodi Picoult

No, on the contrary, I think you're falling for me. It's okay to take the leap, Katy. I'll be here to catch you. — Micalea Smeltzer

Nova, you know invisible people never have to convince people they're invisible. Beautiful people who want to be antisocial do. — Gisele Walko

He may understand teeth, but he has no clue how the mind works. — Derek Taylor Kent

I find it profoundly symbolic that I am appearing before a committee of fifteen men who will report to a legislative body of one hundred men because of a decision handed down by a court comprised of nine men
on an issue that affects millions of women ... I have the feeling that if men could get pregnant, we wouldn't be struggling for this legislation. If men could get pregnant, maternity benefits would be as sacrosanct as the G.I. Bill. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint. — Rod Taylor

Caution is the path to mediocrity. — Frank Herbert