Precisionism Movement Quotes & Sayings

Philip Larkin didn't write for several years before his life ended. And when he was asked why he didn't write, he said the muse deserted him. It sort of scared me. That's why I think I have no right to assume that some thought is going to come ... But I think, in my imagination, if it is it, there will probably be something else I'm interested in. — Paul Simon

For me, though, the miracle stories written about Jesus in the four Gospels came alive in my spirit. They — Thelma Gilbert

My emotions were like a crowd. Give 'em what they want. Barabbas or the J-man. There's gonna be a crucifixion. Well, more or less. Because if you ask me, purveyor of useless facts, the promise of sex with someone you're starting to like puts you smack dab in the centre of time, history, and the universe itself. Right there in West Oakland no less. The birth of a new religion, and all the madness that ensues. — Trebor Healey

My passion should be clear and please know it runs deep within all levels of my consciousness. I feel it. I feel everything. — Alyssa Milano

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. — Thomas Paine

A lot of us are working harder than we want, at things we don't like to do. Why? It figures! In order to afford the sort of existence we don't care to live. — Bradford Angier

One of the things that I've learned from the Selection so far is that moving forward means joining your life before coming to the palace with the future that lies in front of you. I'm hoping to make another step in joining those two worlds today. — Kiera Cass

The election result is not a victory that belongs to me or my party. — Chen Shui-bian

It's madness to envy other people's happiness. Happiness doesn't come of the peg, it has to be made to measure. — Andre Gide

Stories can educate, elevate, comfort, and afflict those who are too comfortable. They can create community. They can also drive people apart, justify unspeakable crimes, and destroy the most basic concepts of civil society. You — Jonathan Shapiro

That wine drinking is more effete than beer drinking? No question. — Joseph Epstein

Dee would not be taking him to Olive Garden. That was where I drew the line. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Sometimes a man imagines that he will lose himself if he gives himself, and keep himself if he hides himself. But the contrary takes place with terrible exactitude. — Ernest Hello

A sleeping bear had been awoken. — John Boozman

Ironically for someone who had so long asserted his own individuality as his first and best defense against insults of any kind, I discovered that faith in myself proved to be the least formidable strength I possessed when confronting alone organized inhumanity on a greater scale than I had conceived possible. Faith in myself was important, and remains important to my self esteem. But I discovered in prison that faith in myself alone, sep0arate from other, more important allegiances , was ultimately no match for the cruelty that human beings could devise when they were entirely unencumbered by respect for the God given dignity of man. This is the lesson I learned in prison. It is, perhaps, the most important lesson I have ever learned. — John McCain