David Hocking Quotes

#1. Later still, the war memorials would sprout from the earth, dwelling not on the loss, but on what the loss had won, and what a fine thing it was to be victorious. "Victorious and dead," some muttered, "is a poor sort of victory.

M.L. Stedman

#2. Man seems not so much wicked as frail, unable to face pain, trouble and growing old. A good woman knows that nature is her enemy. Look at what it does to her.

Fay Weldon

#3. I've been singing and writing songs only a little longer than acting. I really enjoy both.

J. D. Souther

#4. If he had another brother he would call him. But for a brother he has only Jerry and Jerry has only him. For a daughter he has only Merry. For a father she has only him. There is no way around any of this.

Philip Roth

#5. They think thee mad? I'll show thou mad, my lord.

Phar West Nagle

#6. As a kid, I lived in a fantasy world. I used to believe ants could talk. Not once did they say thank you.

Willard Wigan

#7. Nothing is as easy or natural as consumer brands want us to think - no problem is as resolvable. Your hair will fall out, eventually. Yet we do have these brands, and we line our shelves with them. There's an inherent irony.

Aaron Belz

#8. When it's said and done, the one thing I want to leave on this earth is hope. I have felt hopelessness, and it's a terrible feeling. Hopelessness will destroy you. I want to bring hope to other people.

Paula Deen

#9. In a true democracy everyone can be upper class and live in Connecticut.

Lisa Birnbach