Dangling Carrot Quotes

#1. In letting God sit in judgment they judge themselves; in glorifying God they glorify themselves.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#2. It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught at last like a rat with all the world on its back. And the only thing left to do is shout.

Jean Anouilh

#3. Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character.

Emile Durkheim

#4. We are not necessarily doubting," said C. S. Lewis, "that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." He

Jan Karon

#5. Two out of every three goals you score come from checking. One out of every three comes from sheer finesse.

Harry Sinden

#6. Life is like that. Death sweeps it away. That's what death is for. That's why they keep telling this story. It's the only story.

Catherynne M Valente

#7. Well, actually, the Second City thing came about because I was taking a few improv classes there. I thought that the improv classes would help with my wrestling career, which it has.

Trish Stratus

#8. Dangling a carrot in front of a donkey - or anyone else for that matter - is not nice, and not fair, unless you eventually plan to give it up to them.

Vera Nazarian

#9. The humblest person in this world is the astrophysicist. Because we are face to face with our ignorance every single day.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#10. I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

Charles De Lint

#11. In the water bucket a melon and an eggplant nodding to each other

Yosa Buson

#12. The first great requisite is absolute sincerity. Falsehood and disguise are miseries and misery-makers.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#13. In the distance, I can see a storm coming in, the dark clouds and the lightning on the horizon moving towards me. I wait and I wait and I wait for the storm. And then it comes, and the rains wash away the nightmares and the memories. And I'm not afraid.

Benjamin Alire Saenz