Unduped Quotes & Sayings

I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise. — Jack Vance

Be sure that head and heart were laid
In wisdom down, content to die.
Be sure he faced the Starless Sky
Unduped, unmurmuring, unafraid.
("The Passing of Bierce") — George Sterling

Badassery: 1. (noun) the practice of knowing one's own accomplishments and gifts, accepting one's own accomplishments and gifts and celebrating one's own accomplishments and gifts; 2. (noun) the practice of living life with swagger : SWAGGER (noun or verb) a state of being that involves loving oneself, waking up "like this" and not giving a crap what anyone else thinks about you. Term first coined by William Shakespeare. — Shonda Rhimes

Sometimes I think I'd rather be frightened than bored. At least when you're frightened you know you're alive. — John Marsden

I believe in winning. It is clean. I like it. I definitely don't believe in losing. It is a bad attitude. It is not necessary to lose, but it does happen once in a while. — Frederick Lenz

I tend to write it and then let go emotionally. — James Horner

We live in the world we are thinking of. — Ralph Smart

Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then — George Bernard Shaw

The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, energy and skills to save lives and to rebuild communities. In this they joined countless people around the world who volunteer every day in response to 'silent crises'. These often unsung heroes understand all too well that poverty, disease and famine are just as deadly and destructive as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. — Kofi Annan

Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone. — Michael Bolton

And her eyes immediately met those of a large caterpillar, that was sitting on the top with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, — Lewis Carroll

When I'm working, I'm not so much disciplined as obsessive. I have this feeling that I need to clear everything away and get this down. — Anne Enright