Sorrier Pursuit Quotes & Sayings

Far away, I can hear Mouflon, our last sheep, bleating in the dark. I wonder if Annie is still out to protect her, still scouring the woods in barefoot pursuit of those dogs. I feel sorry for Annie, alone with a rabid pack of her own delusions. I feel sorrier for Mouflon. She's alone with Annie. — Karen Russell

I cannot imagine a sorrier pursuit than struggling for years to write a book that attempts to appeal to people who do not read in the first place. — Annie Dillard

If the butterfly wings its way to the sweet light that attracts it, it's only becasue it doesn't know that the fire can consume it. — Giordano Bruno

But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition. — Lascelles Abercrombie

What we've done with our modern food supply is absolute insanity. It's not even real any more. You used to be able to give a kid an apple and they would love it. Kids can't even taste apples any more. Apples taste like paper to kids now. — Louis C.K.

I want my country to be trusted. I don't want anybody running for president telling the unions what they want to hear at the expense of the credibility of the United States. — Brian Williams

Potential has a shelf life. — Margaret Atwood

You confuse what's important with what's impressive. — E. M. Forster

Don't eat the yellow snow. — Frank Zappa

If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. — Thich Nhat Hanh

What distresses us is not loosing life, but losing what gives it meaning. — Raymond Radiguet

Senior managers at the Royal Bank of Canada were now arguing that the bank should create a Canadian dark pool, route their Canadian customers' stock market orders into it, and then sell to high-frequency traders the right to operate inside the dark pool. Brad thought that it made a lot more sense for RBC simply to expose the new game for what it was, and perhaps establish themselves as the only broker on Wall Street not conspiring to screw investors. "The only card left to play was honesty," as Rob Park put it. — Michael Lewis

On the one hand, you have a wonderfully caring, magnetic personality that draw people in close. On the other hand, you come across as standoffish, even reclusive. While both personalities are, in fact, who you are, at any one moment which side you show to the world depends on who you are with and the circumstances you are in. — Rosemary Breen