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Thing Quotes (page 247)

The war against death, dear Harry, is always a beautiful, noble, and wonderful, and glorious thing, and so, it follows, is the war against war. But it is always hopeless and quixotic too. Herman Hesse
If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital. John Irving
And when he had put his hand on mine with a cheerful look, wherefrom I took courage, he brought me within to the secret things. Here sighs, laments, and deep wailings were resounding through the starless air; wherefore at first I wept thereat. Strange tongues, horrible utterances, words of woe, accents of anger, voices high and faint, and sounds of hands with them, were making a tumult which whirls always in that air forever dark, like the sand when the whirlwind breathes. Dante Alighieri
If politicians stopped meddling with things they don't understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates. Thomas Sowell
And it was in the midst of shouts rolling against the terrace wall in massive waves that waxed in volume and duration, while cataracts of colored fire fell thicker through the darkness, that Dr. Rieux resolved to compile this chronicle, so that he should not be one of those who hold their peace but should bear witness in favor of those plague-stricken people; so that some memorial of the injustice and outrage done them might endure; and to state quite simply what we learn in time of... Albert Camus
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all..."
Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It's very hard to stop doing things you're used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits. Tom Waits
Albert Einstein quote: "Excellence is doing a common thing in an uncommon way."
Excellence is doing a common thing in an uncommon way. Albert Einstein
Philip K. Dick quote: "When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now I have put..."
When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now I have put away childish things. ... I must be scientific. Philip K. Dick
So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land! J. M. Barrie
And that almost killed you?"It wasn't deep but it got infected. Infection means that the bad germs got into it. Infection's the most dangerous thing there is, Tom. Infection was what made the superflu germ kill all the people. And infection is what made people want to make the germ in the first place. An infection of the mind. Stephen King
Samuel Beckett quote: "It's a rare thing not to have been bonny-- once."
It's a rare thing not to have been bonny-- once. Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett quote: "This tired abstract anger; inarticulate passive opposition;..."
This tired abstract anger; inarticulate passive opposition; always the same thing in dublin Samuel Beckett
William Shakespeare quote: "I had rather be a toad, and live upon the vapor of a dungeon,..."
I had rather be a toad, and live upon the vapor of a dungeon, than keep a corner in the thing I love for others uses. William Shakespeare
(While accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award) I've been thinking about why you have to get famous to get an award for helping other people...If your name is John Doe, and you work night and day doing things for your helpless neighbors, what you get for your effort is tired. So, Mr. and Mrs. Doe, and all of you who give of yourselves, to those who carry too big a burden to make it on their own, I want you to reach out and take your share of this...Because if I have earned it, so too... Frank Sinatra

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