Gemmed Quotes

#1. Nor do I try to keep a garden, only
An avocado in a glass of water --
Roots pallid, gemmed with air. And later,

When the small gilt leaves have grown
Fleshy and green, I let them die, yes, yes,
And start another. I am earth's no less.

James Merrill

#2. The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?

Tanith Lee

#3. I think the idea of moving to a cleaner energy future and doing more energy efficiency makes smart sense.

William J. Clinton

#4. I'm not always what I think I am, but I am what I think.

Adrian Rogers

#5. In friendship similarity of character has more weight than kinship.

Cornelius Nepos

#6. I probably could have handled things a hell of a lot better, but what do you do when someone shoves a grenade at you, pulls the pin and tells you to make the best of the situation? Fuck if I know.

Autumn Doughton

#7. God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

Samuel Butler

#8. There is a mental fatigue which is a spurious kind of remorse, and has all the anguish of the nobler feeling. It is an utter weariness and prostration of spirit, a sickness of heart and mind, a bitter longing to lie down and die.

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

#9. New Year's Eve is not about having a big party for me. It's a time of reflection, and I often go on spiritual retreats.

Monique Roffey

#10. There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living - cook books and detective stories.

Rex Stout

#11. What I do is see the ball, hit the ball.

Vladimir Guerrero

#12. Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Rabindranath Tagore

#13. The durational aspect of video art is very different from photography or sculpture. The idea of looping things interferes with that a little bit. It eliminates that finite viewing period which I think is not so expressive sometimes.

Marco Brambilla

#14. The Countess was very good company and not really the featherhead she seemed; all one had to do with her was to observe the simple condition of not believing a word she said.

Henry James

#15. I'd dressed up and hoped and I was so tired of doing that, so tired of dreaming and being unable to stop it despite the fact that I'd seen, maybe better than anyone here, what dreams could do to you.

Elizabeth Scott