Trumental Quotes & Sayings

(About the movies Well, I git enough of sorrow. I like to git away from it. — John Steinbeck

We greatly want a brief word to express the science of improving stock, which is by no means confined to questions of judicious mating, but which, especially in the case of man, takes cognizance of all influences that tend in however remote a degree to give to the more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable than they otherwise would have had. The word eugenics would sufficiently express the idea. — Francis Galton

Because they are well rested, these babies will be more alert and more willing to listen during their awake times, which in turn means they will be more active learners. They will also be more willing to play contentedly by themselves and not require constant entertainment by parents and other caregivers. — Suzy Giordano

Is it possible, after all, that in spite of bricks and shaven faces, this world we live in is brimmed with wonders, and I and all mankind, beneath our garbs of commonplaceness, conceal enigmas that the stars themselves, and perhaps the highest seraphim, can not resolve? — Herman Melville

*Live fast, die young, and, leave a good looking corpse.* is dumb. When dead, looks matters not. (Furthermore, the corpse will only look good for a day, or, twelve.) — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Instead, I think over the years we have cut the strength of marriage and relationships by the law and weakened the institution. We have tried to deal with relationships with no-fault divorce, with child custody, with so many other avenues; and it has not helped. — Timothy Murphy

Sometimes you want things to change so badly, you can't even stand to be in the same room with the way things actually are. — Ali Benjamin

In life learn art, in the artwork learn life. If you see the one correctly you see the other also. — Friedrich Holderlin

God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful. — Henri Nouwen

Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written. — George R R Martin