Promemoria Desk Quotes & Sayings

I am sustained by a sense of the worthwhileness of what I am doing; a trust in the good faith of the process which created and sustains me. That process I call God. — Upton Sinclair

Words are, quite simply, weapons. How a person or an act or a thought looks depends entirely upon how - and by whom - it is described. — Carolyn Hart

You're not a normal priest, are you?'
He gave her a smile that hit her like a slap to the face and a kiss on the mouth all at once.
'My God, I hope not. — Tiffany Reisz

I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous. — Ann Wilson

Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life, all this shame and fear and pain, and turned them into great works of art. He was a complex, brilliant person who was just wired too tight. — John Cusack

My life itself couldn't very conceivably be less Zenful than it is, and what little I've been able to apprehend - I pick that verb with care - of the Zen experience has been a by-result of following my own rather natural path of extreme Zenlessness. — J.D. Salinger

I hoisted the lid off the Spode vegetable dish and, from the depths of its hand-painted butterflies and raspberries, spooned out a generous helping of peas. Using my knife as a ruler and my fork as a prod, I marshaled the peas so that they formed meticulous rows and columns across my plate: rank upon rank of little green spheres, spaced with a precision that would have delighted the heart of the most exacting Swiss watchmaker. Then, beginning at the bottom left, I speared the first pea with my fork and ate it. — Alan Bradley

Each time it would hurt less, and afterward she would love Lyon less, until one day there would be nothing left - no hurt, and no love. She — Jacqueline Susann

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it. — Iris Apfel

You never cash out a 401(k) or IRA to pay off debt, unless it's to avoid a foreclosure or bankruptcy. — Dave Ramsey

I'm very proud of all the movies I made. I am very happy with everything I've done. I like to watch my movies. Some of them work. Some of them don't. Some of them people like, most of them they don't. — George Lucas

Some children I have met are very beautiful. Some children are imbeciles, vulgar, terrible. — Jeanne Moreau

There was a time when the music fell silent. Both within me and around me. — Agnetha Faltskog

Though the Grimms kept about 100 of the tales from the first edition, they changed them a good deal. — Jack Zipes