Wrongish Quotes & Sayings

Not only is music a beautiful and sublime science, the study of which ennobles and purifies the mind of its votary, but how many and excellent are its ministries to others! — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

I dreamt of the Sun's demise, awoke to a bleak morning. — Anathema

An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return. — Benjamin Graham

When you're going through tough moments, you never know when you're going to have good moments. — Maria Sharapova

Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as well in the morning as this afternoon, seemed to be the chief of them, and a kind of prince or captain among them. — William Dampier

I had no way of knowing where it began or where it ended. Only that it flowed without restraint. — Shin Kyung-sook

Dont desire that destiny
At where you cant see anything. — Chikun Trust

That was fifteen years ago. Fifteen Valentine's Days. — Jerry Spinelli

I wish I could say it was just the skirts, that I chafed only at the expectations of manners, but it wasn't that Puck, it was language, the words, the feel of them. I never knew words could be so sharp, until the wrong ones cut me. But they weren't always wrong, that's the worst of it; some days I revelled in being called lady, but then that day would pass, the sun would rise and fall again, and the same name felt like a collar, bringing me to heel; or else a corset, squeezing me into wrongish shapes for the adoration of strangers. — Foz Meadows

Too many people think repenting means feeling terrible about something someone has done. Feeling bad is fine, and it often accompanies repentance, but repentance is not so much about what we feel but the twofold prong of owning up to our own injustices and failures to love, and starting all over by living justly and lovingly. — Scot McKnight

During the late 1910s and early '20s, immigrant workers at the Ford automotive plant in Dearborn, Michigan, were given free, compulsory "Americanization" classes. In addition to English lessons, there were lectures on work habits, personal hygiene, and table manners. The first sentence they memorized was "I am a good American. — Anne Fadiman