Spingear Quotes & Sayings

I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable. — Madeleine Albright

Through lesson after lesson, we are becoming, individually and collectively, more enlightened. Understanding this helps you to see how, in relationships, for example, you may be dealing with parents or siblings or children who are at different stages from you. This is not a value judgment, but an opportunity to accept others at whatever stage they may be working in at a given moment in time. It's also an opportunity to accept and respect your own self at whatever stage you are in now, knowing that it is inevitable that you will grow. — Marilyn Gordon

Why does a person spend money on a stamp to spout bile at a stranger? — Barbara Kingsolver

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation. — Joseph Addison

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater. — James Broughton

All of human literature could just be a user's guide to the multiverse! — Lev Grossman

If grief could burn out
Like a sunken coal,
The heart would rest quiet,
The unrent soul
Be still as a veil;
But I have watched all night

The fire grow silent,
The grey ash soft:
And I stir the stubborn flint
The flames have left,
And grief stirs, and the deft
Heart lies impotent. — Philip Larkin

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. — Eugene Ionesco

How can we distinguish between the good and perverted use of beauty? — Leland Ryken

According to Rushdoony, the conditions of the Irish transport were as bad or worse than what we know of slave ships, and the condition of Irish immigrants on arrival was "far worse than that of slaves: — Julie Ingersoll

Battles that involve oatmeal are just never going to end up being historic, you know?" Jake went on. "Gettysburg? No major oatmeal involvement. The Battle of Midway? Neither side used oatmeal. Desert Storm? No oatmeal. — K.A. Applegate

A human being is a problem in search of a solution. — Robert Ardrey

I want my characters to really overuse their coping mechanisms to the point where they break down within 300 pages. — Chuck Palahniuk

Velocity!" Sunny shrieked.
I know we have to hurry!" Klaus cried. — Lemony Snicket