Rumped Quotes & Sayings

We are prone to seek immediate pleasure or good, however small, rather than remote pleasure or good, however vast. — Horace Mann

I meant to write a song of battle, for storied deeds of war inspire; I seemed to hear the cannon thunder, I seemed to see the smoke and fire. But oh, the pathos of the ending when brave men conquered in the fight, knelt, kissing yielded blood-stained colors!
my eyes are blurred, I cannot write. — Anne Reeve Aldrich

Life is those moments when we forget to live but are too busy to enjoy. — Debasish Mridha

In general, we like to shoot Breaking Bad like a modern day Western, and Sergio Leone is one of my all-time favorite directors. — Michelle MacLaren

The sharing of goods and resources, from which authentic development proceeds, is not guaranteed by merely technical progress and relationships of utility, but by the potential of love that overcomes evil with good. — Pope Benedict XVI

CHAPTER XL LORD RUFFORD WANTS TO SEE A HORSE — Anthony Trollope

You are metaphysicians. You can prove anything by metaphysics; and having done so, every metaphysician can prove every other metaphysician wrong - to his own satisfaction. You are anarchists in the realm of thought. And you are mad cosmos-makers. Each of you dwells in a cosmos of his own making, created out of his own fancies and desires. You do not know the real world in which you live, and your thinking has no place in the real world except in so far as it is phenomena of mental aberration. — Jack London

Many a man who falls in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl. — Evan Esar

You cannot play for safety and make art. — Lucille Clifton

We seek salvation through religion. But more often than not, religion fills our head with hatred and empties our heart of love. — Debasish Mridha

Just because I cut a lark with that stiff-rumped Exciseman you seem to think I'm as good as rope-ripe! — Georgette Heyer

The real source of her villainy came from those qualities that supposedly make men great leaders- a thirst for power, relentless drive paired with massive ego, and a total lack of emotions. — Mike Madrid

Beauty isn't skin-deep. It's bone-deep. Heart-deep. Soul-deep. Only put to sleep. When we prick our finger on fear. Beauty can't be bought or made. It can only be awoken through laughter, and living, and love. Through being you and being true. — Siobhan Curham

'Hubba-Hubba' never slips out," Zeke said. "You selected those words with deliberate intent, and I question your commitment to the respectable use of the English language. — Sarah Beth Durst