Rahner Douglas Quotes & Sayings

Apparently the part of the brain that identified things as funny kept running as a background process even when its contributions were useless. — Neal Stephenson

Creating "ABC" priority codes and daily "to-do" lists were key techniques developed to help people sort through their choices in some meaningful way. — David Allen

I always want to think of myself as an underdog. — Donald Trump

Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is. — Paloma Faith

What is simple is false and what is not is useless. — Paul Valery

When in doubt, take more time. — John Zimmerman

At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. — James Fenton

Your medium has to be alive to you, no matter what you do. — Peter Schjeldahl

We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly. — Mark Twain

This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away. — Rumi

I was mainly in a state of nervousness while I wrote it - nervousness that it was far bigger and more complicated than anything Id attempted before, and that maybe my talent just wasnt up to it and the book would have to be abandoned, or would turn out not to work at all when it was finished. — Jonathan Coe

American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage. — Alan Greenspan

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards. — Livy

The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy. — Gustave Flaubert

I have never been loved . . ." His words poured over me, warming every part, as I lazily kissed up the inky paws on his forearm and wrapped it around my shoulder. I heard his voice catch. ". . . like I have been loved by you," he continued, his voice scratchy yet gentle, like a cat's tongue, deliberate and patient, slicking over the same spot. "And I have never loved like I love you. — Jessica Topper