Skapator Quotes & Sayings

Hell, hell fire, the damnation of hell, eternal damnation, the resurrection of the damnation, everlasting fire, the place of torment, destruction, outer darkness, the worm that never dies, the fire that is not quenched, the place of weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, everlasting punishment ... these are the words which the Lord Jesus Christ Himself employs. Away with the miserable nonsense which people talk in this day who tell us that the ministers of the gospel should never speak of hell. — J.C. Ryle

The single greatest edge an investor can have is a long-term orientation. — Seth Klarman

The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive. — Anais Nin

My dis-interest in what people speak of as "women's problems," "women's literature." Have women a special sensibility? No. There are individuals uniquely talented & uniquely equipped to interpret the complex symbolism of the world but they are certainly not determined by gender. The very idea is astonishing. [ ... ] Energy, talent, vision, insight, compassion, the ability to stay with a single work for long periods of time, the ability to be faithful (to both one's writing and one's beloved)
these have nothing to do with gender. [ ... ] The sensibility of a Virginia Woolf, for instance. It's her own, it's uniquely hers. Not because she is a "female" but because she is, or was, Virginia Woolf. Not more sensitive than Henry James or Proust or James Joyce, consequently not more "feminine" in the narrow & misleading sense people use that term today ... But then I suppose critics must have something to write about. [ ... ] — Joyce Carol Oates

Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some. — Jean Anouilh

I always have a plan, but then I'm always ready to throw the plan out, and everyone's ready to make a radical left turn if necessary. — Steven Soderbergh

If everyone is getting money, no one is getting disrespected, and no one is getting hurt, no one should be arguing. — Damon Dash

I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is. — Masaharu Morimoto

If you want to survive in this world, you need to stop asking why people work together, and just start working together. — Dan Wells

I don't like my men to be too ornate. I like them to stand back and let their women shine, and they should really wear the pants in the relationship. — Eva Mendes

But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war. — Douglas Hurd