Roy Bartell Quotes & Sayings

I am delighted with the book! I could spend my whole life reading it. - Catherine Morland — Jane Austen

A misty radiance, through which stars were struggling to twinkle, filled the night sky beyond the tiny window beside him. — Robert Galbraith

There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people. — George H. W. Bush

Pretty girls come a dime a dozen, try to find one who's gonna give you true loving. — Smokey Robinson

Some to conceit alone their taste confine,
And glittering thoughts struck out at ev'ry line;
Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit;
One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. — Alexander Pope

How would he write without her? [The buried awareness of how completely her hands reached into his work; don't look, Lotto. It'd be like looking at the sun.] — Lauren Groff

The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low. — Hunter S. Thompson

I tend to wear all black. I like feeling sexy, feminine, effortless, and real. — Banks

The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree. But the Tempter cannot master a man who dwells on the distasteful side of things, self-controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, resolute and full of faith, like the wind cannot move a mountain crag. — Gautama Buddha

IN THE HISTORY of the formation of the New Testament canon, locating canon lists produced by the early church is quite important. The reason for this is that these lists are seen to testify to a conscious desire on the part of the leaders of the early church to form and close a New Testament canon. The earlier the date of a list, therefore, the better evidence one has of an earlier canon consciousness. It is well known, however, that these kinds of lists belong almost exclusively to the fourth century. — Craig D. Allert

The only really interesting thing about someone that makes you want to explore them further is their heart, and Miss Honeycut has a teeny tiny pea-sized one and it takes you nowhere you want to go. — Polly Horvath

What we need to do in the community, and in the city, and in the state. We need to stop airing our differences in front of the white man. Put the white man out of our meetings, number one, and then sit down and talk shop with each other. [That's] all you gotta do. — Malcolm X

I don't believe in originality. You take inspiration from whatever moves you and you find your voice in those things. — Tim Walker

Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness. — Jonathan Safran Foer

I hate labels; the problem is that if you say you're one thing, it's hard for people to imagine you as something else. Music is way more complicated than that. — Bill Frisell