Sublimely Fit Quotes & Sayings

The world is changing, but I am not changing with it. There is no e-reader or Kindle in my future. My philosophy is simple: Certain things are perfect the way they are. The sky, the Pacific Ocean, procreation and the Goldberg Variations all fit this bill, and so do books. Books are sublimely visceral, emotionally evocative objects that constitute a perfect delivery systemBooks that we can touch; books that we can smell; books that we can depend on. Books that make us believe, for however short a time, that we shall all live happily ever after. — Joe Queenan

Whenever I have a few hours to dive into a book, I am happy. — Birgitte Hjort Sorensen

Normal humanity has only the courage to react to the usual gradations that range from the beautiful to the ugly, which in the long run are nothing but nuances of the same thing. The monster, on the other hand, Don Jeronimo contended with feeling, in order to exalt them with his mystique, belongs to a different, privileged species, with its own rights and particular canons that exclude the concepts of beauty and ugliness as tenuous categories, because, in essence, monstrosity is the culmination of both qualities synthesized and exacerbated to the sublime. — Jose Donoso

One's own flowers and some of one's own vegetables make acceptable, free, self-congratulatory gifts when visiting friends, though giving zucchini - or leaving it on the doorstep, ringing the bell, and running - is a social faux pas. — Barbara Holland

He without benefit of scruples - His fun and money soon quadruples. — Ogden Nash

If negative meant positive we'd be heroes. — Daniel Johns

Death alone will put a stop to my effort! — David Livingstone

For me, my preference for comedy is grounding it in the psychology of the character, and not just kind of making faces. Even when it's a crazy character, grounded comedy resonates more with people because it doesn't look like you're watching someone do vaudeville. No offense to vaudeville. — Matt McGorry

An old autumn bench is no different than a king's throne for the humble man! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

It was such a strange tormenting feeling when your daemon was pulling at the link between you; part physical pain deep in the chest, part intense sadness and love. Everyone tested it when they were growing up: seeing how far they could pull apart, coming back with intense relief. — Philip Pullman

Of course New York is the Mecca of style in America, but don't knock Phoenix - it's not as big, but there are lots of people with style there. — Amar'e Stoudemire

It takes bravery to care for someone - no matter who he is or what made him, whether he is weak or walking or jumping out of windows. The risk involved is enormous. — Deb Olin Unferth

I loved 'Clueless.' That was one of my favorite movies of all time. — Amanda Bynes

We have lunch at ten-forty-five, Colin said. A stupidly early lunch. At our school, the older you get, the stupider your lunch period. — Rebecca Stead

Well money is not easy to describe. It is easy to lose but it cannot be lost, and no one can get really get used to it. — Gertrude Stein

Tate, you're mine, and I'm yours. Every day you're
going to realize that more and more. When you believe it without a doubt, then I'll have earned your
trust. — Penelope Douglas