Guernsey State Park Quotes

#1. I am deeply committed to the cause of Indigenous Australians, and not just because of the Apology, but the big challenges which lie ahead in closing the gap.

Kevin Rudd

#2. Terrestrial happiness is of short duration. The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel; the fragrant flower is passing away in its own odors.

Samuel Johnson

#3. I don't have a computer. I never have had one.

Donald Hall

#4. There's nothing worse than putting two similar shows back-to-back. Viewers don't want to watch one show and then sit through another half-hour of almost the same thing.

David Hyde Pierce

#5. Only in North America is it regarded as a major achievement to speak one language moderately well.

Richard Pound

#6. Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white American faces turned towards me in stern reproof.

Erich Von Stroheim

#7. I think that writers often try too hard in the name of expression, when often it's just a matter of reframing what's around you or republishing a preexisting text into a new environment that makes for a successful work.

Kenneth Goldsmith

#8. You seem in an immensely foul mood for someone who just came twice.

Kristen Ashley

#9. To doubt one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Don't defend past actions; what is right today may be wrong tomorrow. Don't be consistent; consistency is the refuge of fools.

Hyman Rickover

#10. You cannot drive with your eyes in the rear-view mirror ... But dignity is difficult to maintain. Stamina requires constant upkeep. Repetition is boring. And you pay for grace.

John Irving

#11. Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.

Pat Conroy

#12. She remembered perching on the sill of her bedroom window with the pane opened a crack so she could let the winter in, and she remembered letting it sting her nose and wash over her until she was shivering and blue.

Meagan Spooner