Sibbett Gregory Quotes & Sayings

What can you do with a person who says that he is absolutely uncertain about everything, and that he is absolutely certain about that? — Idries Shah

Maybe it has something to do with turning 30. I don't feel as shy or nervous or self-conscious. I have more confidence that I can handle what life brings me. I don't feel scared to have an idea and express it. — Michelle Williams

Miss Lucy's called the bell o' St. Ogg's, they say: that's a cur'ous word,' observed Mr. Pullet, on whom the mysteries of etymology sometimes fell with an oppressive weight. — George Eliot

Somewhere, in a distant land he barely knew the name of, people had stopped buying washing machines, and so his city had died. — Cory Doctorow

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life. — Henry Miller

Just as there are primary colors from which all of the others come forth when they're combined, so there are primary vibratory qualities of energy and light within us. — Frederick Lenz

One of the stories I love is how Gutenberg's printing press set off this interesting chain reaction, where all of a sudden people across Europe noticed for the first time that they were farsighted, and needed spectacles to read books (which they hadn't really noticed before books became part of everyday life); which THEN created a market for lens makers, which then created pools of expertise in crafting lenses, which then led people to tinker with those lenses and invent the telescope and microscope, which then revolutionized science in countless ways. — Steven Johnson

Lights, I said softly. This had become my favorite word over the past week. In my mind, it had become synonymous with freedom. — Ernest Cline

An old villa surrounded by a garden looked to them like the image of a comforting home, the dream of an idyll long past. — Milan Kundera

Obviously the audience has veto power signified by whether they laugh or not, but you-not them-retain the ultimate power to decide what they're going to get the opportunity to laugh at. — Franklyn Ajaye