Pauldotcom Quotes & Sayings

While all important enterprises need careful organization, it is the organization that needs organizing, rather than the enterprise. — Terry Pratchett

Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its maker's attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding. — Guy Davenport

He is a pimple on the cock of humanity — Shelly Laurenston

But when the world and all that's behind it and in it seem black, I tell myself that self-respect and self-mastery are not everything, that faith and belief in the power of prayer are not so wonderful as what we call the ordinary love of two apparently very ordinary people. — William Fryer Harvey

Every bond is a bond to sorrow. — James Joyce

My personal style has developed from growing up in Oklahoma, middle America, where I was wearing jeans and cowboy boots and where people were not running around in miniskirts. — Suzy Amis

'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you're talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty. — Judith Martin

For the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author ... — Sylvia Townsend Warner

What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn't always agreeable or attractive. — Jonathan Franzen

A loose feather can't be put back...but a broken wing can sometimes heal. — Bob Graham

You have to do things that excite you; you have to have a passion for your work. Otherwise you're just a face on the screen. — Ed Westwick

Which one of you is going to be runner-up? — Walter Hagen

It's funny. When I saw the script in my inbox and it said 'Sparkle,' I thought, 'For real? It's really called 'Sparkle?' I was wondering, too, how does 'Jordin Sparks as Sparkle' sound? — Jordin Sparks

Mom always told me, "People will do what they want to do-always. If you don't like how someone is acting or what they are doing, no matter how much you scream yell or cry, you won't change them unless they really want to change. — Alison Caiola