Twinery Quotes & Sayings

When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn't right, we will have peaceful hearts. — Joan Z. Borysenko

Have read little and understood less. — James Joyce

On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may come to know, and on the other hand to keep us modestly aware of how much that seems like knowledge isn't knowledge — Bertrand Russell

Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week? Or sell eternity to get a toy? For one grape who will the vine destroy? — William Shakespeare

When you're playing in front of people, everything is external. It's all going from you out to an audience. When you're in a studio, it's very internalised, it's going from the air through you into this meticulously crafted, layered piece of work. — Daryl Hall

Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm. — Bryant McGill

The rich are always enamored of the ancient. — Samuel R. Delany

Tell them I'm coming, mr. Jones. — James O'Barr

John Calvin's theology emphasizes the sanctity of conscience, the sanctity of companionate marriage, and the obligation of those in power to attend to the well-being of the people in general, especially the poor. Interestingly, for the interpretation of Hamlet, for example, he forbids even the thought of revenge. This is not the Calvin of myth, but when the Elizabethans read him there was no such myth, nor would there be now, if he were read. — Marilynne Robinson

Again I think my gift is bringing hope to everybody, and I don't want someone to look at me and say, "I would listen to him, I like what he's saying, but he's this or that politically and that turns me off." — Joel Osteen

I started listening to the Cure around the time I discovered Joy Division and, like Joy Division, they have shaped my taste in all sorts of dark and dreary ways. — Danielle Trussoni

My gut feeling is that paper and ink are going to be with us for a long time yet, and in substantial quantities, though certainly books are now going to be available in other forms. — Fred Saberhagen