Writerists Quotes & Sayings

What is one step I can take along my spiritual path today? — James Ricklef

Knowledge and liberty are so prevalent in this country, that I do not believe that the United States would ever be disposed to establish one religious sect, and lay all others under legal disabilities. But as we know not what may take place hereafter, and any such test would be exceedingly injurious to the rights of free citizens, I cannot think it altogether superfluous to have added a clause, which secures us from the possibility of such oppression. — Oliver Wolcott

Canceling my landline phone account, cutting off service to my home for good, and rendering the telephones that had long sat on tables in every room as useless as my closeted bread machine, I took the final step in a lifelong attempt to free myself from the wires that tethered me. — Kara Swisher

The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed. If you have five players in a situation where the music is being improvised and one is determined it is not going to succeed, it won't succeed even if one of the musicians takes control. — Bill Dixon

If it was true that men made their own hell on earth, then he'd certainly found his. — Pamela Clare

One day the air was mild, the Luxembourg was flooded with sun and shade, the sky was as pure as if angels had rinsed it that morning, the sparrows were twittering deep in the chestnut trees, Marius had opened his whole soul to nature, he was not thinking anything, he lived and breathed, he passed close by the bench, the young girl glanced up at him and their eyes met. What was there this time in the young girl's gaze? Marius could not have said. It was nothing and everything. It was a strange lightning flash. She dropped her gaze and he went on his way. — Victor Hugo

The social sciences are usually concerned with groups of persons rather than individual persons. The behavior of individuals, being free, is unpredictable. — Carroll Quigley

She is Living and I'm Dead, but I'd like to believe we're both human. Call me an idealist. — Isaac Marion

I don't know what a shrink would call me. I don't want to know. — Tori Amos

If you feel that without a certain person, or position, or achievement, your life would be not worth living, you may be deeper into idolatry than you think. — Colin S. Smith

While the 2013 color of the year, PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, served as a symbol of growth, renewal and prosperity, Radiant Orchid reaches across the color wheel to intrigue the eye and spark the imagination, — Leatrice Eiseman

Something mysterious happens to a curious, fully engaged mind - and it happens as often as not, subconsciously. Strange little sparks are set off, connections made, insights triggered — Tom Peters

I would only make a movie that I believe in. If I didn't believe in it, it would be unworthy. — Lloyd Kaufman