Untransposed Quotes & Sayings

The truth is we need to build an economy going forward with all of us, when we all move forward and the payment of a national debt is not the responsibility of one group of Americans versus another. — Paul Sadler

Why is it that reality, when set down untransposed in a book, sounds false? — Simone Weil

What are the precise characteristics of an epigram it is not easy to define. It differs from a joke, in the fact that the wit of the latter dies in the words, and cannot therefore be conveyed in another language; while an epigram is a wit of ideas, and hence, is translatable. Like aphorisms, songs and sonnets, it is occupied with some single point, small and manageable; but whilst a song conveys a sentiment, a sonnet a poetical, and an aphorism a moral reflection, an epigram expresses a contrast. — William Matthews

Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it. — Jacques Ellul

I like to use my hands. When I was in theatre in college, that was one of my biggest notes: 'You use your hands too much.' — Susan Sullivan

Quality relationships are built on principles, especially the principle of trust. — Stephen Covey

It was in that silence that I knew. I loved him. I loved him so, so much. It wasn't a dream anymore, nor was it the simple idea of loving him. It was real. It was true. He was love. He made me smile. He made me happy. He made me laugh in a world that was determined to make me cry. Tears — Brittainy C. Cherry

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. — Eckhart Tolle

I'm definitely a romantic, no doubt about it. — Michael Masser

Neighbors whose jealousy of such a triumph exceeded any satisfaction in the prospect of the union were able to console themselves by averring that Mr Darcy's pride and his wife's caustic wit would ensure that they lived together in the utmost misery for which even Pemberley and ten thousand a year could offer no consolation. — P.D. James

I paint as I want to with no holds barred. I am more contented lately than I have been for a long time about my work. But not dangerously so. — William Dobell