Derek Poundstone Quotes

#1. Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth.

Edward Dahlberg

#2. I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming?

Maya Angelou

#3. My love has two lifetimes to love you. That's how I can love you when I don't, and still love you when I do.

Pablo Neruda

#4. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land; Ring in the Christ that is to be.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

#5. Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.

Barbara Mertz

#6. Truly, books are wonderful things; to sit alone in a room and laugh and cry, because you are reading, and still be safe when you close the book; and having finished it, discover you are changed, yet unchanged!

Fay Weldon

#7. When everyone believes they are the life coaches, who are the players?

Criss Jami

#8. Those proficient praise no one, blame no one, and accuse no one. They say nothing concerning their self as being anybody or knowing anything.

Epictetus

#9. They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly.
No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried.
Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarian asked.
They're shooting at everyone," Clevinger answered. "They're trying to kill everyone."
And what difference does that make?

Joseph Heller

#10. There needs to be conviction and action behind rules.

Clayton Christensen

#11. I definitely hope to attend UCLA in a year, and major in business.

Mila Kunis

#12. I like there to be a joke in practically every photo I take. Nobody has the right to make photography boring.

Norman Parkinson