Wirsing In English Quotes & Sayings

The abuse of alcohol," Mr. Parrish said in a solemn, preacher-like voice, as he reached for his glass, "is the one thing that puts Man above the animal. — Irwin Shaw

Losing is the great American sin. — Jerome Holtzman

My chief time for reading is at night while brushing my hair before I go to bed, and as you may suppose, but little profit and pleasure can be derived from such mere sips at the well of knowledge. 'Tis a great privation to me, for my desire for information increases instead of diminishing, and I look forward with great anxiety to the time when I can improve my poor neglected mind and learn some of the few exhaustless store of things which I wish to know. — Fanny Kemble

Letters are meaningless unless put together correctly. Words are worthless unless backed by truth. Sentences are handed out and judged accordingly, but only genuinely honest men or women can create writings that change the world forever. — Paul Morabito

We're all inadequate," David answered. "Just think: the light from the outside world is mapped onto the retina, then further mapped onto the visual cortex, then broken apart and analyzed in other areas of the brain. At every step there's a loss of information. In the end, what we are aware of is not the outside world per se, but the image of the world projected onto our brains. Plato was anatomically right; we do see shadows on a wall. — Carolyn Ives Gilman

Hope makes life worth living. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The writers who reject tendentiousness and purpose in their work are the very ones who display it in every word they write. I could draw countless examples from the history of literature to show that the more a writer clamours for spiritual freedom, the more tendentious his work is liable to be. — Bjornstjerne Bjornson

I haven't sold my soul yet - well, maybe a couple bars of rhythm and blues here and there, — Thomas Pynchon

You of course know," he began informatively, "that one of the most attractive things a woman can be is knowing exactly who she is, embracing that entirely, and not giving that first fuck what anyone thinks about it. — Kristen Ashley

Be yourself. A horse without the lancer is still a horse; a lancer without the horse is just a man. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

I just can't dance like no ones watching. I tried but it's futile. — Gary Gulman

I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance. — Jean Rostand

Writing poetry requires frequent visits to the land of the dead. — Marty Rubin

If I were to look in you ferigerator ... refridgefreetorator ... fridge ... what would I find? — Louis Tomlinson