Verum Ultimum Quotes & Sayings

Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones! — William Shakespeare

I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new — Jules Verne

Most people think I'm Danny Glover's son when they meet me. So when they ask, I say 'No, I'm Crispin Glover's son.' Then we stare at each other for a long time. — Donald Glover

You need to step out to build before God could bless what you are building — Sunday Adelaja

If your reading life and your friendships overlap, that's just a nice coincidence - a case where the conversation you're having with books and the conversation you're having with actual human beings happen to dovetail. — Kevin Brockmeier

The greatest human virtue bears no proportion to human vanity. We always think ourselves better than we are, and are generally desirous that others should think us still better than we think ourselves. To praise us for actions or dispositions which deserve praise is not to confer a benefit, but to pay a tribute. We have always pretensions to fame which, in our own hearts, we know to be disputable, and which we are desirous to strengthen by a new suffrage; we have always hopes which we suspect to be fallacious, and of which we eagerly snatch at every confirmation. — Samuel Johnson

What's the big fucking deal? Lots of amazing people have committed suicide, and they turned out alright. — Emilie Autumn

If the cuckoo does not sing, kill it. — Oda Nobunaga

The only thing that separates us from the animals ... is we have pornography. — Chuck Palahniuk

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won. — Louisa May Alcott

No, death hadn't changed [Willie] much. But just in case, I avoided looking directly into his eyes. It was standard policy for dealing with vampires. He was a slime bucket, but now he was an undead slime bucket. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Still, not to be English is hardly regarded as a fatal deficiency even by the English, though grave enough to warrant sympathy. — Beryl Markham

If parasitism, favoritism, corruption, and greed for the unearned did not exist, a mixed economy would bring them into existence. — Ayn Rand

People don't roll around naked in my books. I do allow them to go to bed if they're married, but it's all very wonderful and the moon beams. — Barbara Cartland

That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making. — Reese Witherspoon