Staunching Barn Quotes & Sayings

People are so used to reading novels now, they just read a poem straight through to get the meaning. And that's something totally different from the slow way you read something if it's a tune; which to me a poem has to be. — Alice Oswald

Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood. — Lu Xun

Fear is instantly debilitating and love instantly empowering — Richard Gerber

I was shy and a hard worker, so acting was a way to focus whatever nervous energy I was experiencing onto a goal. — Deborah Ann Woll

Only God can judge me so I'm gone, either love me or leave me alone. — Jay-Z

There are no monotone "values" in biology. — Gregory Bateson

Turn away from the world this year and begin to listen. Listen to the whispers of your heart. Look within. Your silent companion has lit lanterns of love to illuminate the path to Wholeness. At long last, the journey you were destined to take has begun. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

It's a toss-up whether the scenery or the adornment of Marilyn Monroe is the feature of greater attraction in River of No Return. The mountainous scenery is spectacular, but so in her own way is Miss Monroe. — Bosley Crowther

When I look into your eyes, one word leaps to my mind every time: Forever. — Lara Adrian

We talk about taking "pleasure in a thing": but in truth it is pleasure in ourselves, mediated by a thing. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The most spiritually splendid American phenomenon of my lifetime is how African-American citizens have maintained their dignity and self-respect, despite their having been treated by white Americans, both in and out of government, and simply because of their skin color, as though they were contemptible and loathsome, and even diseased. — Kurt Vonnegut

So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it. — Michelle Obama

I don't like people who speak French in public places. This includes the French. — Ian Shoales