Private Witt Quotes & Sayings

The establishment Republicans are beginning to say on the record what they had been whispering about in private for months: that Donald Trump at the top of the ticket could mean an electoral wipeout down the ballot. — Dalia Mogahed

Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits. — Samuel Butler

If you want to write something completely unique, you will probably fail or at best write something without redeeming value. The mind works in certain patterns: the mind organizes facts in story form; it is your commonality with that body of human thought that makes a good book, not its estrangement from the common values that humans share. — Janet Morris

Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only change form. — Lisa Unger

Make Way for Ducklings, or They Will Smack You Upside the Head — Rick Riordan

Weak men cannot handle power. It will either crush them, or they will use it to crush others — Jocelyn Murray

By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature; formal qualities will be neglected or actually despised. The style will often be strange, incorrect, overburdened, and loose, and almost always strong and bold. Writers will be more anxious to work quickly than to perfect details. Short works will be commoner than long books, wit than erudition, imagination than depth. There will be a rude and untutored vigor of thought with great variety and singular fecundity. Authors will strive to astonish more than to please, and to stir passions rather than to charm taste. — Alexis De Tocqueville

The hardest thing about praying hard is enduring unanswered prayers. If you don't guard your heart, unresolved anger toward God can undermine faith. — Mark Batterson

Stop trying to change your behavior; instead, rethink your beliefs — Martha Beck

During the holiday season, Christmas specifically, it can be hard to be away from family and friends. — Monica Johnson

I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. — Adriana Trigiani

Understand you are neither inferior nor superior; you are just the best of who you are supposed to be. You have set standards for yourself and are ready to meet them. — Archibald Marwizi