Perseverae Quotes & Sayings

And the desire would never be satisfied, except by a being of equal greatness. — Ayn Rand

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero

A woman in love with another woman is revolution's revolution: it is not an act of war. it is not an act of desperation. it is not an act of fear. it is - it always has been and it always, always will be - an act of love. — Anonymous

If we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other class. — Abraham Lincoln

Your greatest creation is your creative life. It's all in your hands. Rejection can't take it away; reviews can't take it away. The life you create for yourself as an artist, may be the only thing that's really yours. Create a life you can center yourself in calmly as you wait for your work to grow. — Sara Zarr

We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started. — Laura Ingalls Wilder

L.A. is so fake - girls there are so superficial. — Verne Troyer

a storm that walked on legs of lightning,
dragging its shaggy belly over the fields. — Ted Kooser

Mountaineering is the art of getting up mountains by foot and occasionally by hand, and though the climbing is usually emphasized, most ascents are mostly a matter of walking(and since good climbers climb with their legs as much as possible, climbing could be called the art of taking a vertical walk). — Rebecca Solnit

Innocence isn't something we lose, but realise we don't need. — Chloe Thurlow

One of the reasons I always looked up to [George] Carlin is he looked like your grandfather but, acted like your best friend. Most of the adults in my world were adults and acted like adults and had job-type jobs and bills and pressures and stopped playing a long time ago. And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed. It was odd because he was still sagely and wise. But he was such a role model for me. — Kevin Smith

All corporate-owned, publicly-traded media is our first and most immediate enemy. — Michael Ruppert

I was on the beach every summer. That was the pleasant part of my childhood because we were right by the sea. We'd take a picnic, and I'd spend hours in the water until I turned blue. You couldn't get me out of there. — Olga Kurylenko

I love a life whose plot is simple. — Henry David Thoreau

If you're not active - and I'm not active - and you don't watch what you eat, you can get big as a horse. — Pete Rose

We had a day off here yesterday and I just sat in my room and played. — Leo Kottke