Utterness Quotes & Sayings

The very utterness of the crash and ruin, the desperation of the case, might be its hope. On ruins one can begin to build. Anyhow, looking out from ruins one clearly sees; there are no obstructing walls. — Rose Macaulay

Not through the dogmas of archaic doctrines will you gain your greatest understandings, but, rather, through the continued evolution of science, and through your keen observations of the natural environment beyond your windows. To comprehend yourself truly, which is also to comprehend the world truly, you needn't look any farther than at what abounds with life around you - the blossoming meadow, the untrodden woodlands. Without this as mankind's overriding objective, I don't foresee an age of actual enlightenment ever arriving. — Mitch Cullin

One wants permissive individuals who do not have a compelling need to reassure themselves that they are leaders. — Vikram Sarabhai

Marriage equality is not a choice. It is a legal right. — Cory Booker

He was talking about the sign that said 'THE COMPLICATED FUTILITY OF IGNORANCE.'
'All knew was that I didn't want my daughter or anybody's child to see a message that negative every time she comes into the library,' he said. 'And then I found out it was you who was responsible for it.'
'What's so negative about it?' I said.
'What could be a more negative word than "futility"?' he said.
'"Ignorance,"' I said. — Kurt Vonnegut

Here's a tip ... If you leave a girl crying you're probably not doing your Don Juan routine right, asshole. — Rachel Caine

A standard 'well woman' checkup can last as little as 10 minutes, hardly time for any in-depth discussions. — Virginia Postrel

I don't think the Republican Party, or I should say the Republican Party as the vehicle for modern American conservative ideas, survives with Donald Trump. — Bret Stephens

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa. — Buffalo Bill

She was much more like a person than other girls were. — John Green

We pencil sketch our past lives so we can compare it to the Technicolor of the moment. — David Levithan

He opted for a flaky, apricot-filled croissant and Columbian coffee. Dani chided him for being unimaginative, then proceeded to eat most of his, while ignoring her own.
"I'd be glad to buy you one."
Dani gave him a wide-eyed, innocent stare, then popped the last bit of his breakfast into her mouth.
"I couldn't eat another bite. — Mary J. Williams

It's nothing sinister but my private life belongs to me. — MyAnna Buring