Withoutwanting Quotes & Sayings

The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought to foretell phenomena which have not yet been observed; ... because if the rule prevails, it includes all cases; and will determine them all, if we can only calculate its real consequences. Hence it will predict the results of new combinations, as well as explain the appearances which have occurred in old ones. And that it does this with certainty and correctness, is one mode in which the hypothesis is to be verified as right and useful. — William Whewell

The novel was simple, heartwarming, painful, and lovely, all in perfect doses." -Writer's Digest Review of Emily Nelson's The Locket — Emily Nelson

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting. — Oliver Goldsmith

The sea was not freedom; it was a likeness of freedom, a symbol of freedom ... How splendid freedom must be if a mere likeness of it, a mere reminder of it, is enough to fill a man with happiness. — Vasily Grossman

crossed the dining room and — Francoise Bourdin

If God knows the number of hairs on your head he already knew where you will go after you're dead — Stanley Victor Paskavich

You're on tenth base, I can't find you. — Robert Ludlum

My father is so in love with making movies, and he'sso charismatic about it, that it's hard to be around him withoutwanting to make movies. — Sofia Coppola

When it seems that something can't be done, start it, and see if the rest of it can be done. — Robert Breault

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually producing the stuff worth reading. — Craig Johnson

I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and a job. — Leo Kottke