Schmidtlein Excavating Quotes & Sayings

There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us ... It is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it, that counts. — Theodore Roosevelt

If my music is political in a way, and it might be, it's in the way of generating a sensitivity in people, a deeper awareness of the world around them. That's my goal, at least. — Phil Elvrum

Reflection is and remains the hardest creditor in existence; hitherto it has cunningly bought up all the possible views of life, but it cannot buy the essentially religious and eternal view of life. — Soren Kierkegaard

We need good titles. — Henry Miller

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

But then we are old and have been to the wars and value our fast-diminishing freedoms unlike those jingoes now beating their tom-toms in Times Square in favor of all-out war for other Americans to fight. — Gore Vidal

I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine ... and curry ... and cheeses. — Maeve Binchy

Life was too damn short to pretend to be something I wasn't — M. Robinson

My diabetes is such a central part of my life ... it did teach me discipline ... it also taught me about moderation ... I've trained myself to be super-vigilant ... because I feel better when I am in control. — Sonia Sotomayor

People sort of accuse Tolkien of not being good with female characters, and I think that Eowyn actually proves that to be wrong to some degree. Eowyn is actually a strong female character, and she's a surprisingly modern character, considering who Tolkien actually was sort of a stuffy English professor in the 1930s and '40s. — Peter Jackson

Of three things be wary- of a feather on a cat, The shepherd eating mutton, And a guardsman that is fat. — Mercedes Lackey

I know that I cannot take responsibility for other people. We are all under the law of our own consciousness. — Louise Hay

Growing up in America, I'd come to assume that everything I had - and did - was the newest, best, and most advanced in the world. It — Brandon Sanderson

Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues. — Bob Feller