Uctivost Quotes & Sayings

The man is only a half himself, the other half is his expression — Ralph Waldo Emerson

... if medical science is geography, then mankind as a species has a map with three towns marked on it and a lot of blank space with drawings of sea serpents. — K.J. Parker

Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you. — Henry Ward Beecher

And he wanted more than anything else, deeply and compassionately, to be of help; and he could be of help in this age, and was of help, because artist and philosopher as well as theologian, he cared for culture as well as for Christ.6 — Paul Tillich

It's horrible to feel unworthy in the eyes of your parents. — Malala Yousafzai

Learn what you are and be such. — Pindar

And that brings us to tonight's word: Truthiness. Now I'm sure some of the word-police, the 'wordanistas' over at Websters, are gonna say, 'Hey, that's not a word!' Well, anybody who knows me knows that I am no fan of dictionaries or reference books. They're elitist. Constantly telling us what is or isn't true, what did or didn't happen. — Stephen Colbert

Men are cowards when it comes to the "eternally feminine": and the little women know it. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Sitting outside on a dark night, under the stars, invites confidences amongst people of all ages, and all walks of life. It invokes an intimacy you don't find under most other circumstances. — A.B. Shepherd

I never read. I just look at pictures. — Andy Warhol