Rueckert Lieder Quotes & Sayings

Alas, with the years all this fine contempt began to fade; for the words I longed for, and all their dazzling opportunities, were theirs, not mine. But they should not keep these prizes, I said; some, all, I would wrest from them. Just how I would do it I could never decide: by reading law, by healing the sick, by telling the wonderful tales that swam in my head, - some way. — W.E.B. Du Bois

We know the value of the things for which we suffer. In this modern day and age, things and people are not actually losing value; but it is the knowledge of the value that is lost. Because in this day and age, everyone wants something that is easy. The easier, the better. And therefore all value is lost, and lost from all things that exist for which one has not toiled or suffered to some degree. All things valuable are worth suffering for. And indeed, the same thing can be multiplied in value, when you add your blood to it through suffering for it. — C. JoyBell C.

I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan. — Emmanuel Jal

I was terribly wounded by my wife's death. — J.G. Ballard

I used to think that one day I should write a really great novel, but I've long ceased even to hope for that. All I want people to say is that I do my best. I do work. I never let anything slipshod get past me. I think I can tell a good story and I can create characters that ring true. — W. Somerset Maugham

The welfare of a child is not to be measured by money only, nor by physical comfort only. — Ryan Lindley

Out of gas ... I haven't heard that one in a long time. — Carey Lowell

Pressure is part of what we do. It's always present. — Novak Djokovic

We (pop stars) are people not androids. We've got views. I've got opinions and I don't see why I shouldn't use a bit of my art to put them over. I think music is one of the most powerful media forces in the world today. — Roger Meddows Taylor

I put the sexy in dyslexia. — Mariah Gonzales

Hey, you fucking creep, in this shithole! I've got a monopoly on that one. — Stieg Larsson

I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good. — Timothy Dalton

when he departed he gave him guides — J.R.R. Tolkien

The whole town is a Confederate museum, replied Louis, holding his hands up palm out. I'm not saying your whole town is housist or anything! Housist! Housist was Louis-speak for racist, invoked after Daron tried explaining that just because someone preferred a mansion didn't mean they'd torch a ranch. Housist, Loose? — T. Geronimo Johnson

Most people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can't stand it for some reason. — Truman Capote