Quiggins Quotes & Sayings

I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception. — Mark Twain

A clone of Einstein wouldn't be stupid, but he wouldn't necessarily be any genius, either. — James D. Watson

He sighed and looked about him. 'This is no world for men,' he said. 'And yet in a way ... it appeals. — H.G.Wells

A reading appetite is quirky, singular, and essential — Penny Kittle

Love is healing, even rootless love. — May Sarton

We are not alone.
The spirits of those gone before guide our steps,our traditions,our beliefs.
We are not alone.
The care of those around us leads us to healing and wholeness and comfort.
Mohawk/Onondaga Healer — Lorraine Carey

These critters ain't like white folks, you know; they gets over things, only manage right. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

He kept his leg," Boss said. "And as soon as he's stable for travel, he'll be transported back here. — Julie Ann Walker

We all hold the keys to our own jail cells. — Paul Levine

He always maintained that we fear something because we recognize it as fearsome through rational inferences, and that only the reason had any power; the heart had none. While I ate well and drank well, he kept demonstrating to me the advantages of reason... In striving after the positive, the poor man had argued away all life's splendour, all the sunbeams, all the faith and all the flowers, leaving nothing but the cold, positive grave. — Heinrich Heine

We need to rely on the resurrection life of Jesus much deeper down, to get into the habit of steadily referring everything back to Him; instead of this we make our commonsense decisions and ask God to bless them. — Oswald Chambers

I just went along for the ride. It was a God-given gift. It is. So you can't say well, you wasted your life because you spent all of it acting, but I think gosh, I've never been to China, I've never been to Japan. I've never been to Yellowstone Park. — Angela Lansbury

I began by working in a study in an attic, but for many years, I've used a small room in a library. What matters to me isn't decor or comfort but only quiet. I need to hear the rhythms of phrases, the music of sentences. Any place that allows me to do that is good enough. — Steven Millhauser