Splendent Grand Quotes & Sayings

There is a majestic grandeur in tranquillity. — Washington Irving

When explorers first encountered my people, they called us heathens, sun worshippers. They didn't understand that the sun is a relative and illuminates our path on this earth. — Joy Harjo

It'll be a lot less hassle if you can just knock Malfoy off his broom tomorrow. — J.K. Rowling

They drew a line that shut me out,
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout!
But love and I had the wit to win
We drew a circle and brought them in. — Edwin Markham

In the vast majority of drug experiments, it is not uncommon for none or one or two of hundreds of patients to benefit from the drug. — Ted Gup

If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play with them Mozart, Debussy, Mendelssohn, they have a wonderful light feeling for that. — Kurt Masur

Bicyclist's Philosophy of Life ... It's a matter of faith. You can keep upright only by moving forward. You have to have your eyes on the goal, not the ground. — Susan Vreeland

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing. — Clifton Fadiman

I write from seven to about noon. I used to try to write longer, but I read and I found that I was always getting myself tired by working in the afternoon and then I was just throwing out what I wrote in the afternoon, so writing then was counterproductive. — Robert Caro

Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watching someone else doing it. — Roald Dahl

If I want to understand the laws of physics I have to first believe what I read about physics. I have to have faith in what I read. — Ray Comfort

I would drive home and see people wearing my No. 34 jersey and wonder why, because I didn't feel worthy of that. And all the time I just knew people were staring at me, talking about me everywhere I went. — Ricky Williams

I have my mother's mouth and my father's eyes; on my face they are
still together. — Warsan Shire