Vcu Outlook Quotes & Sayings

It is well-known what a middleman is; he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other. — Benjamin Disraeli

The talkers are rising above the thinkers. — Barbara Kingsolver

I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word. — Laura Linney

The snow may be falling in the winter of my discontent, but at least I've got sarcastic company. — John Green

Volleyball is a Jewish sport. It's fun, and nobody can get hurt. — Gail Parent

If you spend enough time with your characters, plot simply happens. — Chris Baty

Like, if you are a celebrity, then anyone will let you be in a film or on a TV show, and if you're an actor, chances are if you are successful, you are becoming a celebrity. — Penn Badgley

We communed together a moment, one with the other - I was deeply fascinated. At our first encounter I am sure I had a nebulous presentiment that I would one day go to it in spite of my hesitation, in spite of all the efforts put forth to hold me back, - and the emotion that overwhelmed me in the presence of the sea was not only one of fear, but I felt also an inexpressible sadness, and I seemed to feel the anguish of desolation, bereavement and exile. With downcast mien, and with hair blown about by the wind, I turned and ran home. I was in the extreme haste to be with my mother; I wished to embrace her and to cling close to her; I desired to be with her so that she might console me for the thousand indefinite, anticipated sorrows that surged through my heart at the sight of those green waters, so vast and so deep. — Pierre Loti

This is the beginning.
Almost anything can happen.
This is where you find
the creation of light, a fish wriggling onto land,
the first word of Paradise Lost on an empty page.
Think of an egg, the letter A,
a woman ironing on a bare stage
as the heavy curtain rises.
This is the very beginning. (from his poem, 'Aristotle') — Billy Collins