Shortish Layered Quotes & Sayings

I didn't choose to be the guy who talks about the mundane - it's just who I am and it's what kind of works for me. — Jim Gaffigan

Death is as near to the young as to the old; here is all the difference: death stands behind the young man's back, before the old man's face. — Thomas Adams

To mourn was distressing, but to endeavor to mourn and fail was worse than distress. — Ellen Glasgow

I have to say, passive aggression gets a bad rap these days. It may not be appropriate in all occasions, but it's a lot better than aggressive aggression. — A. J. Jacobs

I try every time for a project to have a natural ending. As much as I can, I try to follow the story and to give it its own end. — Sophie Calle

The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows. — Michelangelo

Then along came that tsunami that hit the Fukushima Daiichi plant and, well, no one is building nuclear power plants in Japan now, are they? — Patricia Briggs

Communication is merely an exchange of information, but connection is an exchange of our humanity. — Sean Stephenson

Nothing is too small. Nothing is too, quote-unquote, ordinary or insignificant. Those are the things that make up the measure of our days, and they're the things that sustain us. And they're the things that certainly can become worthy of poetry. — Rita Dove

I was once a skeptic but was converted by the two missionaries on either side of my nose. — Robert Breault

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing. — Orson Scott Card