Prittwitz Quotes & Sayings

Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern. — J.G. Ballard

An 'usband should be plain enough to sit at his settle, and simple-minded enough to accept the stew on his plate, rather than looking round ev'ry corner for a more succulent chop,' declares Elsie. — Emmanuelle De Maupassant

What little strength he had left flowed out of him and was soaked up; his bones and veins and skin held nothing but tiredness and pain. — Wallace Stegner

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. — Jimmy Dean

Originally a record producer more or less hired a bunch of professionals to participate in a recording session, the performers and the technicians, and a music director was put in charge. That directly related to a film producer's job. — Tony Visconti

I'm screaming for help and everybody's acting as if I'm singing Ethel Merman covers ... — David Foster Wallace

I thought, there is nowhere else in the universe I would rather be at this moment ... There is nowhere else I could imagine wanting to be besides here in this car, with this girl, on this road, listening to this song. If she breaks my heart, no matter what hell she puts me through, I can say it was worth it, just because of right now. Out the window is a blur and all I can really hear is this girl's hair flapping in the wind, and maybe if we drive fast enough the universe will lose track of us and forget to stick us somewhere else. — Rob Sheffield

Eyes speak louder than words; life is precious; hate is poison; God is the best of all possible friends; silence and time are valuable treasures; happiness can be just as powerful in pretend; and soft licorice is a temptation in any color, especially exotic black. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Making you a pioneer only means one thing. You were around at the time. — Red Buttons

I guess if you get too close, the twinkling stops; they don't look like stars anymore. — Graham Spaid

Jack doesn't give a jackshit about me. No, wait, I got that backwards. I don't give a jackshit about Jack the Shit. — Sara Wolf

There are moments too where the mighty death feels itself desperate! To see the trees growing in solid rocks is one of these moments! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

We can be dry as dust, distracted and insensible to God's presence. Still we can pray ... and if we make even the smallest gesture of availability he will be there. — Carol Zaleski

All the greatest achievements of mind have been beyond the power of unaided individuals. — Charles Sanders Peirce

I can read more languages than I speak! I speak French and Italian - not very well, alas, but I can get by. I read German and Spanish. I can read Latin (I did a lot of Latin at school.) I'm afraid I do not speak any African languages, although I can understand a little bit of the Zulu-related languages, but only a tiny bit. — Alexander McCall Smith