Scripta Quotes & Sayings

Let's name the sentimental hog Arnold — Anthony Woodville

Yet, in reality, Ted loved things more than he loved people. He could find life in an abandoned bicycle or an old car, and feel a kind of compassion for these inanimate objects, more compassion than he could ever feel for another human being. — Ann Rule

Feelings can have a life of their own and you have very little direct control over them, except perhaps to make them worse. — Julian Short

Writings survive the years; it is by writings that you know Agamemnon, and those who fought for or against him.
[Lat., Scripta ferunt annos; scriptis Agamemnona nosti,
Et quisquis contra vel simul arma tulit.] — Ovid

I'm not giving up my life. My life began when I met you. — Shannon Eckrich

The painter has to unlearn the habit of thinking that things seem to have the color which common sense says they 'really' have, and to learn the habit of seeing things as they appear. — Bertrand Russell

No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero

I decided to make news, not give it. — Daisy Fuentes

You can't change music by yourself. — Johnny Ramone

Prayer is our essential lifeline to God's throne and heart. — Franklin Graham

Littera scripta manet - 'The written word will remain'. That's true, but it won't be that much comfort to me. — Christopher Hitchens