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Thing Quotes (page 812)

F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply—I was..."
Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply—I was casually sorry, and then I forgot. F. Scott Fitzgerald
When I was twelve I was obsessed. Everything was sex. Latin was sex. The dictionary fell open at 'meretrix', a harlot. You could feel the mystery coming off the word like musk. 'Meretrix'! This was none of your mensa-a-table, this was a flash from a forbidden planet, and it was everywhere. History was sex, French was sex, art was sex, the Bible, poetry, penfriends, games, music, everything was sex except biology which was obviously sex but not really sex, not the one which was secret and... Tom Stoppard
In spite of illness, in spite of even the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual state of disintegration if one is unafraid of change. Insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things and happy in small ways. Edith Wharton
Margaret Atwood quote: "Craziness was considered funny, like all other things that..."
Craziness was considered funny, like all other things that were in reality frightening and profoundly shameful. Margaret Atwood
I am a degenerate modern semi-intellectual who would die if I did not get my early morning cup of tea and my New Statesman every Friday. Clearly I do not, in a sense, 'want' to return to a simpler, harder, probably agricultural way of life. In the same sense I don't 'want' to cut down on my drinking, to pay my debts, to take enough exercise, to be faithful to my wife, etc. etc. But in another and more permanent sense I do want these things, and perhaps in the same sense I want a civilization... George Orwell
But if the strength ain't real, I recall thinking the very last thing that day, before I finally passed out, then the weakness sure enough is. Weakness is true and real. I used to accuse the kid of faking his weakness. But faking proves the weakness is real. Or you wouldn't be so weak as to fake it. No, you can't ever fake being weak. You can only fake being strong. . . Ken Kesey
In short, it is much easier to see a thing through from the point of view of abstract principle than from that of concrete responsibility. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Aaron Sorkin quote: "A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face..."
A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room. Aaron Sorkin
Natalie Goldberg quote: "To encounter a fine bookand have time to read itis a wonderful..."
To encounter a fine bookand have time to read itis a wonderful thing. Natalie Goldberg
Abraham Lincoln quote: "if you want your name to be remembered after your death either..."
if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading Abraham Lincoln
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumps, even though checkered by failure, then to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt David McCullough
Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare. Henry James
Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers. Friedrich Nietzsche
Socrates quote: "One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing."
One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing. Socrates
Edith Wharton quote: "And all the while, I suppose," he thought, "real people were..."
And all the while, I suppose," he thought, "real people were living somewhere, and real things happening to them ... Edith Wharton

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