Paideia Classics Quotes & Sayings

You went away a little boy in a man's body and you came back the same way, except the man got his hair processed. — Stephen King

The most lively fancy aided by the strongest description cannot equal the reality of the opera. — John Marshall

A series of small but real accomplishments gives people the energy and confidence to continue. For instance, a person who wants to write a novel might resolve to write one sentence each day. Or a person who wants to start running might resolve to run for one minute. — Gretchen Rubin

Lucy, a girl's name for Lucifer. That my mother would have found me devil-like did not surprise me, for I often thought of her as god-like, and are not the children of gods devils? I did not grow to like the name Lucy-I would have much preferred to be called Lucifer outright-but whenever I saw my name I always reached out to give it a strong embrace. — Jamaica Kincaid

This is bizarre," I say.
"I think it's beautiful," he says.
I give him a look.
"What?" He laughs a little. "They each have an equal role in government; they each feel equally responsible. And it makes them care; it makes them kind. I think that's beautiful. — Veronica Roth

Ugly or beautiful, it is the little creatures that make the world go round. We should celebrate and appreciated them in all their wonderful diversity. — Dave Goulson

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed. — John Engler

Dez, on the other hand, was pure backcountry Pennsylvania; a blue-eyed blonde who could have been a model for fitness equipment if not for what JT personally viewed as an overactive redneck gene. — Jonathan Maberry

He made the sign of the cross, clumsily, with a Catholic accent — Arkady Strugatsky

I eat meat. I don't go to the gym. — Alice Englert

Color is one of the great things in the world that makes life worth living to me and as I have come to think of painting it is my efforts to create an equivalent with paint color for the world, life as I see it. — Georgia O'Keeffe