Deloris Wise Quotes

#1. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer said, "Writers should use common words to say uncommon things." When

Mary Embree

#2. Nothing is more expensive than mediocrity.

J. Irwin Miller

#3. I can get a tune out of most things with strings, but I'm not really sure I'm what could be called a musician. I find it fascinating working with people who can play other instruments and sing.

Withered Hand

#4. 'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.

E. T. Bell

#5. It is intolerable that it should be in the power of one blockhead to do so much mischief.

Charles James

#6. Shane: Note to self: Never ever doubt Cam.

Power Rangers

#7. I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world.

Andrew Sullivan

#8. Try as I might, I could never feel any great affection for a man who so much resembled a Baked Alaska - sweet, warm and gungy on the outside, hard and cold within.

C.P. Snow

#9. If a great man falls and remains great as he lies, people no more despise him than they stamp on a fallen temple, which the devout still worship as much as when it was standing.

Seneca.

#10. Mr Vimes," said Mrs Winkings, "ve cannot help but notice that you still haf not employed any of our members in the Vatch ... "
Say 'Watch', why don't you? Vimes thought. I know you can. Let the twenty-third letter of the alphabet enter your life.

Terry Pratchett

#11. The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes which pose only innocent ethical issues as the property of a minority become corrupting when they become more established. Taste is context, and the context has changed.

Susan Sontag

#12. I think there's a stigma to some degree about the outer boroughs and Jersey, and whether their stories are worth telling.

Vincent Piazza