Pennywell Miniature Quotes & Sayings

I might as well clinch my reputation as a world-class nutcase by saying something good about Karl Marx, commonly believed in this country, and surely in Indian-no-place, to have been one of the most evil people who ever lived. He did invent Communism, which we have long been taught to hate, because we are so in love with Capitalism, which is what we call the casinos on Wall Street. — Kurt Vonnegut

Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. - Hans Christian Andersen — Robyn Carr

The direct effect on our mind is achieved by the words, the text, the thought, which arouse consideration. Our will is directly affected by the super-objective, by other objectives, by a through line of action. Our feelings are directly worked upon by tempo-rhythm. — Constantin Stanislavski

Morning birdsong filled the room. For all his high opinion of birds, privileged among God's creatures, still, deep in his heart, the Emperor did not trust them, just as he did not trust artists. — Joseph Roth

The pigs can't stop the fox; I'm too quick,' Takumi said to himself. I can rhyme while I run; I'm that slick. — John Green

Laughter in battle. That was what Ragnar had taught me, to take joy from the fight. — Bernard Cornwell

There is one guaranteed formula for failure, and that is to try to please everyone. — Will Rogers

What made Jules extraordinary though, was that her heart was made of the most curious fabric. It could bend and stretch to fit every single person she met. — Fisher Amelie

Healing unhealthy relationships with created things is not a management issue. It's a heart issue, a question of just where our highest allegiances lie. — Ellen Vaughn

But now the worst crime was pretending to be something you were not. — Alice Hoffman

BioLogos claims there is no conflict between the theory of evolution and creationism. Huh? Here is where the creationists seem to have the intellectual advantage: they at least see the conflict. Actually, it is not that BioLogos isn't aware of the conflict, but rather, it has come up with the answer to the long-standing conflict between Darwinism and creationism: simply pretend there is no conflict. — G.M. Jackson

Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept. — John Lydon

I think so much of writing is an instinct, or a feel for a scene, or a feel for a character. You have to put into words the word 'tone,' which I think is thrown around a lot and can mean a hundred different things, but communicating that to other people is definitely a challenge. — Elizabeth Meriwether

Some say there's no magic formula. I say there is. It's just that the magic is different for everyone. — Matt Fitzgerald