Hans Meyer Quotes

#1. Every writer, by the way he uses the language, reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacities, his bias ... Avoid the elaborate, the pretentious, the coy, and the cute. Do not be tempted by a twenty-dollar word when there is a ten-center handy, ready and able.

William Strunk Jr.

#2. The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head.

Mason Cooley

#3. Once you step onto the fairy path, it's almost like there's no way off. You have to keep going.

Brian Froud

#4. Forest, I fear you! In my ruined heart your roaring wakens the same agony as in cathedrals when the organ moans and from the depths I hear that I am damned.

Charles Baudelaire

#5. The heart that serves, and loves, and clings, Hears everywhere the rush of angel wings.

Lettie B. Cowman

#6. I need a hug from you to make me feel better about the fact I need a hug from you.

Stephanie Rowe

#7. The number of those 19 to 25 with private insurance increased from 51 to 55.8 percent, and the percentage of uninsured fell from 33.9 percent in 2010 to 28.8 percent during the first half of 2011.

Michelle Singletary

#8. I grew up in Berkeley and my parents were hippies, obviously, since my name's 'Jorma.' I didn't watch much television growing up because they weren't into it at all.

Jorma Taccone

#9. Some preliminary conversation, he said, You look like you're in a good place, despite the bad times I understand you've been through.

Spencer Johnson

#10. All of us are subjected to somebody else's power at some point. So once in a while you kiss ass. So what? Either you make your peace with that early, or you end up living your life as a crank and a misfit.

Sue Grafton

#11. If we have data, let's look at data. If all we have are opinions, let's go with mine.

Jim Barksdale

#12. You know,
That the only difference,
Between, you n' I,
Is the flavour, of choice,
And the dimension, of thoughts,
Through the desire, of our eyes,

Ashley Byrnes

#13. Don't give up because things are hard, but work harder, when you think of giving up.

Anthony Liccione

#14. Talking about peoples lived experiences is a powerful way to mobilize them. We can create new rules.

Celinda Lake