Polyptoton In Literature Quotes & Sayings

Such people are trapped in their own hall of mirrors, and for them there is no escape. They can never know whether they are wrong, even when they are. No evidence, no logic, no reason will ever get through to them. — Richard Carrier

Your mind is a wonderful tool for creating what your soul wants. Use the tool, don't let it use you. — Dan O'Donnell

She coughed into her fist. "I, ahem, don't want to sound didactic or fictitious in any manner," she began, doing a great Woody impression. She had his timing, the speech delay tactics. She had the hand mannerisms. She had the New York accent. It was her best work. "But I may have some important information." Myron — Harlan Coben

Reach for the stars because even if you fall there are always the clouds to catch you — Ella Corbett

Compare the degree of zeal devoted to pursuing the man who assaults a policeman, with the attention that the State pays to the assault of an ordinary citizen. — Murray N. Rothbard

On a big film, there's almost no way you can meet everyone. On an indie, there are 30 people and no trailers to duck into. — Aaron Paul

Most of what I know about writing I've learned through running every day. These are practical, physical lessons. How much can I push myself? How much rest is appropriate - and how much is too much? How far can I take something and still keep it decent and consistent? When does it become narrow-minded and inflexible? How much should I be aware of the world outside, and how much should I focus on my inner world? To what extent should I be confident in my abilities, and when should I start doubting myself? I know that if I hadn't become a long-distance runner when I became a novelist, my work would have been vastly different. How different? Hard to say. But something would have definitely been different. — Haruki Murakami

Take the anchor, there. The first meaning of that is hope, because hope holds you fast like an anchor so you don't give way. — Philip Pullman

Owning a business is NOT about working your ass off for the sake of trying to squeeze out a living. It is NOT about making tons of money at the expense of losing tons of life. It IS about maximizing life, bettering your life and the lives of others, which, not so ironically, fattens your purse. — Mike Michalowicz

I'm older and wiser, but I still dream of doing new things and creating new things. — Paige O'Hara

The more ignorant the authority, the more dogmatic it is. In the fields where no real knowledge is even possible, the authorities are the fiercest and most assured and punish non-belief with the severest of penalties. — Abraham Myerson

I'm not a big chicken or meat eater, but sometimes I'll eat it if it's locally raised. The family dinner will be stir-fry, or we'll roll our own sushi with brown rice, spinach, salmon, sesame oil, sesame seeds, and seaweed. The kids love it! — Alysia Reiner

The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze. — Johann Kaspar Lavater