Refining Short Quotes & Sayings

I have found by experience that man makes his plans to be upset by God, but, at the same time, where the ultimate goal is the search of truth, on matter how a man's plans are frustrated the issue is never injurious and often better than anticipated. — Mahatma Gandhi

I'll never see them again. I know that. And they know that. And knowing this, we say farewell. — Haruki Murakami

Girls clamored for Caleb's attention like chimps on crack. He's got the banana that every girl wants, — Tarryn Fisher

Things are not always as they seemed, Much that may seem evil can be good. — George R R Martin

Today is sacred - for it will never come again. What could be more important than living this day with attention and the intention to be of benefit, to the best of your ability, to all you encounter? — John Bruna

Therefore psychologically we must keep all the theories in our heads, and every theoretical physicist who is any good knows six or seven different theoretical representations for exactly the same physics. — Richard P. Feynman

When the man who knows all about the fruit fly chromosomes finds himself sitting next to an authority on Beowulf, there may be an uneasy silence. — Brand Blanshard

I feel that my job, as an artist, is to disturb the peace. And to disturb it intellectually, linguistically, politically and literally. — Gerald Stern

With the cruel natural order that had made me simultaneously undesirable to men and unable to feel complete without one. — Hillary Jordan