Polysemic Reading Quotes & Sayings

Provided there is a church which proclaims the mutual humanity and deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, evil will never be able to bring it to the point of attrition. — James Mikolajczyk

They are the only honest hypocrites, their life is a voluntary dream, a studied madness. — William Hazlitt

The wreckage of stars - I built a world from this wreckage. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The Sims is an escapist vehicle for people who want to escape to where they already are, which is why I thought this game was made precisely for me. — Chuck Klosterman

When you have made a thorough and reasonably long effort, to understand a thing, and still feel puzzled by it, stop, you will only hurt yourself by going on. — Lewis Carroll

Happiness is love's outcome, never its motive. Where someone is loved he is an end in himself and certainly not a means toward something else. It is therefore of love's essence, wherever it is found, that the loved one seem precious, beautiful, and worthy of love. — Dietrich Von Hildebrand

A writer is a person who writes.

Actually, it was John Braine's quote in his book HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL. But I use it all the time — Andrew Puckett

People who think of themselves as being entirely self-sufficient are, in fact, selfish. They nearly always proclaim their opinions as the only ones that count, their feelings as the only ones that matter, their ideas as the only ones worth thinking. — Samuel Britten

Really, running an underdog, insurgent political campaign against an opponent many folks think can't be beat, and going out and meeting folks and talking about your ideas for America and Washington, is a lot of fun and a real privilege. — Michael Baumgartner

I thought you might appreciate waking up to a hot mouth on a certain part of your anatomy."
He smiled. "My...lips?"
"Lower. — Amy Andrews

I recommend ... bread, meat, vegetables, and beer. — Sophocles

Why don't you sparkle?"
-"Because I live in the real world, where vampires burst into flames. — L.J.Smith

Climate change is accelerating. It threatens our well being, our security, and our economic development. It will lead to uncontrollable risks and dramatic damage if we do not take resolute countermeasures. — Angela Merkel

Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly; nor do I regret that I did not waste more of them in the workshop or the teacher's desk. — Henry David Thoreau

Who would you rather live with, a bunch of bonobos feeling good? Or chimpanzees eating each other's babies? Or humans waterboarding each other and destroying the planet? — Francine Prose