Prodding Rod Quotes & Sayings

Mannerism is not character, and affectation is the avowed enemy of grace. Every dancer ought to regard his laborious art as a link in the chain of beauty, as a useful ornament for the stage, and this, in turn, as an important element in the spiritual development of nations. — August Bournonville

This is what Aristotle meant when he said that the object of science is the necessary and the universal; man and not this man. — Fulton J. Sheen

I have just awoken, having dreamed of music. The final chord fades away within me while I try to focus on individuals amid the living, breathing mass packed into this vast waiting room, in this mixture of sleep and weariness. — Andrei Makine

You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid. — Manuel Moroun

believe that a good book leaves its readers better than they were before. And — A.G. Riddle

There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should. — William H. Macy

Good manners will do that; turn a situation around. You got to treat people like people. — Lauren Beukes

What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect us. — Rabih Alameddine

Jazz vision is a wordless conversation between musical notes and visual expressions. — Barbara Januszkiewicz

They walked along in silence for a minute, and then Daisy paused to pluck some violets that were growing in thick clusters on the side of the path. "Have you ever considered trying to be nice to Lord Westcliff?" she murmured. Reaching up to tuck the violets into the pinned-up garlands of her hair, she added, "He might surprise you by responding in kind."
Lillian shook her head grimly. "No, he would probably say something cutting, and then look very smug and pleased with himself. — Lisa Kleypas

One knows a little too much about everybody. And we can even see through some men, and yet we can by no means pass through them. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. — Iris Murdoch

Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and artistic achievement, qualities which seemed to impress Jesus not at all. — Philip Yancey

Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor. — William Makepeace Thackeray