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May Quotes (page 261)

H. P. Lovecraft quote: "That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons..."
That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die. H. P. Lovecraft
Chuck Klosterman quote: "Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and..."
Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and computer tycoons, but they will never be the athletic ruling class. Chuck Klosterman
A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the movement of the arms, the legs, and the waist. Coco Chanel
Jodi Picoult quote: "Elise Vasquez and I stand shoulder to shoulder, watching the..."
Elise Vasquez and I stand shoulder to shoulder, watching the woman we both feel we lost, and may be never really had. Jodi Picoult
When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility. Ken Follet
Human beings can reach such desperate solitude that they may cross a boundary beyond which words cannot serve, and at such moments there is nothing left for them but to bark. Anais Nin
The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing. The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I started praying regularly. Mahatma Gandhi
There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Anne Bradstreet quote: "Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much..."
Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach. Anne Bradstreet
You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you... George R. R. Martin
1. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3. ORDER. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4. RESOLUTION. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 5. FRUGALITY. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i. e., waste nothing. 6. INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut... Benjamin Franklin
I confess I do not believe in time. I like to fold my magic carpet, after use, in such a way as to superimpose one part of the pattern upon another. Let visitors trip. And the highest enjoyment of timelessness-in a landscape selected at random-is when I stand among rare butterflies and their food plants. This is ecstasy, and behind the ecstasy is something else, which is hard to explain. It is like a momentary vacuum into which rushes all that I love. A sense of oneness with sun and stone. A... Vladimir Nabokov
Howard Zinn quote: "Tyranny is Tyranny, let it come from whom it may."
Tyranny is Tyranny, let it come from whom it may. Howard Zinn
Marshall McLuhan quote: "Schizophrenia may be a necessary consequence of literacy. [p. 32]"
Schizophrenia may be a necessary consequence of literacy. [p. 32] Marshall McLuhan
What is he to learn? To imitate? Or to avoid? When your friends the bees worry themselves about their sovereign, and become perfectly distracted touching the slightest monarchical movement, are we men to learn the greatness of Tuft-hunting, or the littleness of the Court Circular? I am not clear, Mr. Boffin, but that the hive may be satirical.'At all events, they work,' said Mr. Boffin. Ye-es,' returned Eugene, disparagingly, 'they work; but don't you think they overdo it? Charles Dickens

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