Ulextra Quotes & Sayings

Ignorance of the law of irreducibility was no excuse. I could no longer excuse myself with the claim that I didn't know the law
for knowledge of self and of the world is the law that, even though unattainable, cannot be broken, and no one can excuse himself by saying that he doesn't know it ... The renewed originality of the sin is this: I have to carry out my unknowing, I shall be sinning originally against life. — Clarice Lispector

There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games of former times. They recall the pictures my fancy used to draw in the May morning of life, when as yet I only knew the world through books, and believed it to be all that poets had painted it; and they bring with them the flavour of those honest days of yore, in which, perhaps with equal fallacy, I am apt to think the world was more home-bred, social, and joyous than at present. — Washington Irving

That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

I used to be afraid of two things - being alone and not being able to write. Since Albert's death, I don't care about writing or about other people. — Hans-Uwe Bauer

The White House approved an exemption in Obamacare coverage for Congress and members of their staff. Members complained that the Affordable Care Act will cost them thousands extra a year in premiums. Wait a minute. It's their bill. If it's too expensive, why did they name it the Affordable Care Act? — Jay Leno

You never go into a season thinking you're going to strike out 200 guys or that you would have the most double-digit strikeout games in the big leagues, or anything like that. You just try to win, and the outing becomes what the outing becomes. — R.A. Dickey

... that destiny has to make many turnings before arriving anywhere, destiny alone knows what it has cost ... — Jose Saramago

The future waited for him to keep his appointment. — Anthony Doerr

You don't have the potential to create, you are always creating. — Jack Canfield

For me, the process of writing a novel happens mostly in your head before you actually start writing. — Dan Chaon

A rigid America is also weak and vulnerable, because it sacrifices its unique strength: the energy of people who think they can always make something new of their lives. — James Fallows

You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end. — Noel Gallagher

Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being. — Christopher Dawson

I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show. — Victoria Justice

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship. — James E. Faust