Zicala Dex Quotes & Sayings

The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people, and must be willing to bear the expense of it," [John] Adams wrote. "There should not be a district of one mile square, without a school in it, not founded by a charitable individual, but maintained at the public expense of the people themselves." Jefferson's fear was that without such a system of public education, the country would end up being ruled by a privileged elite that would recycle itself through a network of private institutions that entrenched their advantage. — Fareed Zakaria

He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by
desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well
together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. — Stieg Larsson

There's a word for a writer who never gives up: published. — J.A. Konrath

You can't hear God speak to someone else, you can hear him only when you are being addressed. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

I take my hat off to people like the Stones, but it's not for me. I couldn't do that. Jagger is brilliant and long may he rock. I couldn't make my career out of old songs; it would do my head in. — Paul Weller

When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don't know where the story's going, petting the KAT keeps it purring. — Don Roff

Love can't be forced into existence,( ... )It won't come simply because you will it to happen — Judith McNaught

God's word is alive, so full of spiritual truth and wisdom that even a single passage can be digested for a lifetime — Charles F. Stanley

I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism. — Rachel Ward

Eventually the man comes to see that he has a mind, and that his mind is like a fist, wrapped tightly around a single thought. He cannot open the fist to look at the thought, for fear that it will fly away, but he knows that it is very important and that he must hang on to it, no matter what the cost. — Ben Loory