Zeller Ford Quotes & Sayings

To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of ideas in human affairs
but a tribute nevertheless. — George Steiner

Woman is the most superstitious animal beneath the moon. When a woman has a premonition that Tuesday will be a disaster, to which a man pays no heed, he will very likely lose his fortune then. This is not meant to be an occult or mystic remark. The female body is a vessel, and the universe drops its secrets into her far more quickly than it communicates them to the male. — Edward Dahlberg

And it sucks, because I want to kiss her. It's infuriating how perfect it would be to kiss her right now, perched on a cannon on a pirate ship under the stars. That sounds like something off the pages of an adventure novel. But my life isn't one of those stories. My story is a hurricane, and here with Swift is just the eye. — Emily Skrutskie

The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies. — William Faulkner

When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn that in. I got praised for my imagination. — Ahmet Zappa

Takuan Soho stated, Each action of the warrior is performed from a place of fundamental wisdom ... it is completely different from the ordinary behavior of a fool. Even if it looks the same, it is different on the inside. — Bohdi Sanders

The laughter of children isn't mean or cutting, but pure and simple fun. — Marty Rubin

But was it Faulkner who said that the past was not even past? — Garth Risk Hallberg

Boys," said Amelia as she and Patrick stepped forward with the last gift, "Can you never give anyone anything useful?"
At the same time Danny and Mason broke out into grins and said, "But those are useful." Amelia shook her head, her blond curls cascading beautifully around her. — Micalea Smeltzer

After acquiring Texas, Polk deliberately started a war with Mexico because, as he later told the historian George Bancroft, we had to acquire California. Thanks to Polk, we did. — Gore Vidal

People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it. — Matthew Macfadyen