Perrine Quotes & Sayings

Miracles happen, not in opposition to Nature, but in opposition to what we know of Nature. — Augustine Of Hippo

For a woman there is nothing more erotic than being understood. — Molly Haskell

No one writes to make money. Authors write stories to fill the world with imagination for those who have a hard time finding their own. — S.L. Perrine

and many people are ego-defensive, meaning they can't admit when they've done something wrong because it makes them feel bad about themselves. So I thought instead of emphasizing self-esteem, — Elise Ballard

All the quiet corners of the world are the great temples for the wise and for the wisdom! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You'll find that you will be able to reorder the island of your tonal so that it's in good shape - logical, orderly, neat, and well-defined. — Frederick Lenz

Personally, I like sex and I don't care what a man thinks of me as long as I get what I want from him
which is usually sex. — Valerie Perrine

What's more, I was free to do anything that did not hurt others that strengthened me and helped me in the one thing that we are all put on this earth to do: help one another - because it is the only thing that, in the long run, gives us pleasure, as receiving love and friendship and affection is the only thing that gives us joy and ameliorates the dread of our inevitable extinction. — Samuel R. Delany

A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it to-morrow. — George Eliot

The person who fears God seeks to live all of life to the glory of God ... All the activities of life should be pursued with the aim of glorifying God. — Jerry Bridges

Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that - we probably had the word 'cappuccino' about 20 years before America. Cafe culture is really big for Aussies. We like to work hard, but we take our leisure time seriously. — Hugh Jackman

Minks are mean little critters. Vicous, horrible little animals who eat their own. They're not beavers. I wouldn't wear beavers. I'd rather have a mink coat made of mean little critters that are killed in a very nice way and treated nicely for their short, mean lives so that I could keep warm. — Valerie Perrine

Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep, Its own appointed limits keep; Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea. — Nick Elliott

A final caution to students: in making judgments on literature, always be honest. Do not pretend to like what you really do not like. Do not be afraid to admit a liking for what you do like. A genuine enthusiasm for the second-rate is much better than false enthusiasm or no enthusiasm at all. Be neither hasty nor timorous in making your judgments. When you have attentively read a poem and thoroughly considered it, decide what you think. Do not hedge, equivocate, or try to find out others' opinions before forming your own. But having formed an opinion and expressed it, do not allow it to petrify. Compare your opinion then with the opinions of others; allow yourself to change it when convinced of its error: in this way you learn. Honestly, courage, and humility are the necessary moral foundations for all genuine literary judgment. — Laurence Perrine

the rise in the incidence in obesity matches the rise in the use and distribution of industrial chemicals that may be playing a role in a generation of obesity, suggesting Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) may be linked to this epidemic" (Perrine, 2010). — Peter Greenlaw

[Tea-masters] have given emphasis to our natural love of simplicity, and shown us the beauty of humility. In fact, through their teachings tea has entered the life of the people. — Okakura Kakuzo

Fidelity gives a unity to lives that would otherwise splinter into thousands of split-second impressions. — Milan Kundera

My hobby more and more is likely to be common school education, or universal education. — Rutherford B. Hayes

gaze on her, Willow glanced at him, then away — Jane Myers Perrine