Perloff Webster Quotes & Sayings

The only sensible way to regard the art life is that it is a privilege you are willing to pay for ... You may cite honors and attentions and even money paid, but I would have you note that these were paid a long time after the creator had gone through his struggles. — Robert Henri

Only if your God can say things that upset you will you know you have a real God and not just a creation of your imagination. So — Timothy J. Keller

A leader is heard, a great leader is listened too. — Jacob Kaye

God didn't have time to make a nobody, only a somebody.I believe that each of us has God-given talents within us waiting to be brought to fruition. — Mary Kay Ash

For a great state, qua state, is not one which embraces a great population or an extensive territory, but one which achieves a great intensity of social unity. And in this matter we must bear in mind that unity means unity of purpose and will, and not merely unity of action and result. One of the most significant reasons for refusing to attribute an unlimited degree of statehood to those associations which are legally known as states, is that their size is governed by considerations of commerce, mere whim, or by other limited ends, rather than by reference to the good life or the excellence of souls. — Michael Oakeshott

I'm just a girl, With a dream that got the best of me, In a world that believes fame is everything. — Miley Cyrus

The right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children is among the unalienable rights with which the Declaration of Independence proclaims all men [and women] are endowed by their creator. — Antonin Scalia

Stockdale, a lonely young fellow, who had for weeks felt a great craving for somebody on whom to throw away superfluous interest, and even tenderness, was not sorry to join her ... — Thomas Hardy

It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic. — Marshall McLuhan

Why buy the cow if you get the milk for free?' I bet she woulda said yes if you woulda made her wait to share your bed." I — Jamie McGuire

The Watergate reforms did work well for many years, and if improved and broadened, these reforms can have real and major impact on the system today. — Elliot Richardson

Donuts," Percy said. "Always donuts. — Rick Riordan

Look for me in the crest of a wave, in the shape of a cloud, or in the elegance of an equation. Science is some of my best work. Seek knowledge and you shall find me. — Karen Azinger

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life. — Joyce Carol Oates