Wainer Murphy Quotes & Sayings

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. — Diogenes Of Sinope

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them. — Augusten Burroughs

A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way. — Queen Latifah

Men may sail the seas for a lifetime and seldom, if ever, come in contact with the nightmare monsters that inhabit the caves and cliffs of the ocean floor. Gazing down at the slightly muddy water, the men of The Unicorn saw a squirming mass of interwoven tentacles resembling enormous snakes, immensely thick and long and tapering at their free ends to the size of a man's thumb. It was a foul sight, an obscene growth from the dark places of the world, where incessant hunger is the driving force. At one place, down near the bulge of the hull, appeared a staring gorgon face with great lidless eyes and a huge parrot beak that moved slightly, opening and shutting as though it had just crunched and swallowed a meal of warm flesh.
("Fire In The Galley Stove") — William Outerson

Religion is the fruit of the Spirit, a Christian character, a true life. — Henry Ward Beecher

I hadn't really thought that far ahead. I was trying to put some distance between me and-"
"-the corset" He said, his dimples appearing — Mary Jane Hathaway

Joseph went from kidnap experience to pit, to slavery, to prison then to PRIME MINISTER — Ikechukwu Joseph

Good havens! I suppose a man may eat his own muffin in his own garden. — Oscar Wilde

The light and heat of the universe comes from the sun, and its cold and darkness from the withdrawal of the sun. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Coming up as a kid, I played middle linebacker and I was very bow-legged, and I wanted to be like the legendary Dick Butkus. — Earl Campbell

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working. — John Engler

Be your own work of art. Don't find yourself; invent yourself. 'Change Your Mind — Rod Judkins

My generation was secretive, brooding, ambitious, show-offy, and this generation is congenial. Totally. I imagine them walking around with GPS chips that notify them when a friend is in the vicinity, and their GPSes guide them to each other in clipped electronic lady voices and they sit down side by side in a coffee shop and text-message each other while checking their e-mail and hopping and skipping around Facebook to see who has posted pictures of their weekend. — Garrison Keillor

The best way to show respect to your fellow athletes is to give the best performance you can. — Cheng Fei

Reason? That dreary shed, that hutch for grubby schoolboys. — Theodore Roethke