Roger Murdock Quotes & Sayings

I have no stories to sell. A lot of my relationships are with civilians, and no one wants to hear about those. — David Spade

Let others praise justice and censure injustice, magnifying the rewards and honours of the one and abusing the other; that is a manner of arguing which, coming from them, I am ready to tolerate, but from you who have spent your whole life in the consideration of this question, unless I hear the contrary from your own lips, I expect something better. And therefore, I say, not only prove to us that justice is better than injustice, but show what they either of them do to the possessor of them, which makes the one to be a good and the other an evil, whether seen or unseen by gods and men. I — Plato

Is not sorrow, all sorrow, selfish? — Abby May Alcott

No, but I am,' Elliot says, quick as a flash. 'That's why I need Penny's help.' 'Oh.' Dad frowns and scratches his head. He doesn't look convinced at all. 'Well, when you've sorted your French crisis, come down and have some breakfast. I'm making eggs over easy,' he says in an American accent, 'and we need to talk about New York.' 'Will do,' I call over my shoulder as Elliot and I race up the second flight of stairs. As soon as we're in my room, I shut the door tight. 'Why didn't you tell me?' Elliot says. 'I was too embarrassed.' I sink down on to — Zoe Sugg

Permit no man to be a king and permit also no man to be a slave! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later. — Joe Torre

Don't drown yourself in details. Look at the whole. — Ferdinand Foch

I know I still cause harm, probably a ton of it no matter what I do. And it kills me, it just kills me, that maybe the best you can ever do is cause less harm. But there you have it. — Meg Wolitzer

Poetry as Initiation
Every poem embraces our passion to connect
its reader to snippets of knowledge
that have become life-giving to us.
Poems go beyond simple sharing to initiation,
beyond the need to express
to the urgency to edify. — Beryl Dov

Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like. — Portia De Rossi

What would a man do, if he were compelled to live always in the sultry heat of society, and could never bathe himself in cool solitude? — Nathaniel Hawthorne