English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Joan D. Vinge Quotes

Joan D. Vinge quote: "There are two tragedies in life. One is never getting your..."

There are two tragedies in life. One is never getting your heart's desire. The other is getting it.

Joan D. Vinge

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Frederick Sanger quote: "Scientific research is one of the most exciting and rewarding..."
Scientific research is one of the most exciting and rewarding of occupations. Frederick Sanger
Nicholas Sparks quote: "Being with him was like toast and butter from the very beginning."
Being with him was like toast and butter from the very beginning. Nicholas Sparks
John Piper quote: "Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all..."
Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant. John Piper
My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time. Jim Carrey
I had to be intellectually satisfied as well as emotionally because at that time of life one doesn't just fall into it in adolescent emotion, and I was satisfied at every point that it was the one way and the hard way to do things. Ruth Pitter
I raise my glass to the Awful Truth, Which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth, Except to say it isn't worth a dime, And the whole damn place goes crazy twice, And it's once for the Devil and once for Christ Leonard Cohen
The whole image thing gets in the way. Then there are the guys that it excites them and it's what draws them to me. But I don't know whether they would care for me if I didn't have this image. Picabo Street
Edward Dmytryk quote: "The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene."
The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene. Edward Dmytryk
June Carter quote: "steel is strong because it knew the hammer and white heat"
steel is strong because it knew the hammer and white heat June Carter
No one, ever, can give the exact measure of his needs, his apprehensions, or his sorrows; and human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when we want to move the stars to pity. Gustave Flaubert
Charles Evers quote: "I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes..."
I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive. Charles Evers
Some say that we shall never know, and that to the gods we are like the flies that the boys kill on a summer's day, and some say, to the contrary, that the very sparrows do not lose a feather that has not been brushed away by the finger of God. Thornton Wilder
Muqtada al Sadr quote: "Divisiveness is not good for the people."
Divisiveness is not good for the people. Muqtada al Sadr
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. Michelangelo
The fourfold root of the principle of sufficent reason is "Anything perceived has a cause. All conclusions have premises. All effects have causes. All actions have motives. Arthur Schopenhauer