Purdue Owl Citations Quotes & Sayings

Creatures perish
in the darkened
blind of quest,
knowing intimations.
Guessing and dreaming
they pursue the real,
faces turned toward the sky
whispering secrets to the heavens.
While the lord remains among them
in every turn of time
abiding in their every condition
every instant.
Never without him, they,
not for the blink of an eye
if only they knew!
nor he for a moment without them. — Mansur Al-Hallaj

Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty. — Rumi

To every complex question there is a simple answer and it is wrong ... — H.L. Mencken

By no means do I anticipate screening those who come on to campus ... And I have no difficulty if a bishop across the country or some local pastor may say that's not Catholic teaching - that's fine. — William P. Leahy

To succeed, you must be able to concentrate, and to know what to concentrate on. — Denise McCluggage

Isaac, tell your girlfriend she can't bring weapons into holy-shit-your-spider's-on-fire! — Jim C. Hines

I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books. — Julian Clary

The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough. — Maya Angelou

I still worry that I could be better. That's where standards come from, from not wanting to settle. The fear of not being good enough propels you. — April Bloomfield