Strunks Rules Quotes & Sayings

I deal with the human psychology and evil. They are my twin issues. — Greg Iles

He [Gandhi] was not one of those saints who are marked out by their phenomenal piety from childhood onwards, nor one of the other kind who forsake the world after sensational debaucheries. — George Orwell

into battle. Arms are as capricious as the desert, and, if they are not used, the next time they might not function. If at least one of them hasn't been used — Paulo Coelho

When your blood decides the fate of kings, better to die a lion than a lamb. — Elisabetta L. Faenza

We were studying at Newport Film School, and I found that the only way for me to make films - because you need people and you need equipment - was that I had to be a student. — Asif Kapadia

The child of the lower or lower middle class is urged in both overt and subtle ways to surpass his background, his well-meaning parents and friends never anticipating that if their dream of upward mobility is realized, the child may adopt the prejudices of the class to which he's lifted and, with a touch of neurotic distress, may permanently scorn his former life and also, to a certain extent, himself, since the class he's invaded is unlikely to accept him fully. — John Gardner

The virtuous are among the the weakest and quickest to sin — Aziz Hamza

I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care. — James Q. Wilson

Christians rejoice even while they truly sorrow - because their rejoicing is in the hope of heaven ... While joy overcomes sorrow, it does not put an end to it. — John Calvin

Still, history is the long process of outsourcing human ability in order to leverage more of it. — Richard Powers

Find out if you're still human, observe yourself from another planet — Benny Bellamacina

If people say something rude or off-color, you have to take it with a grain of salt, because they don't know you. — Chris Daughtry