Inkpot Quotes

#1. As the sun rose I could see Etna, a truncated cone with a plume of smoke over it like the quill of a pen stuck in a pewter inkpot, rising out of the haze to the north of where I was treading water.

Eric Newby

#2. I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#3. One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's pen.

Leo Tolstoy

#4. Chance leads to discoveries, and mutagenesis is a way to enhance one's chances of finding a surprise. Often it is the exceptional observations that lead to advances; once you understand exceptions, you understand the whole picture.

Bruce Beutler

#5. I think some men love the idea of a strong independent woman but they don't want to marry a strong independent woman,

Rebecca Traister

#6. Talk about meeting your soul mate ... I truly feel I have been given that gift. And believe me, I wasn't some lightweight package. I'm, like, the package that didn't just come with luggage - I had trunks.

Demi Moore

#7. You know there is no one in the world I would rather sleep with than Yuki.

Lyndon B. Johnson

#8. If you follow the will of God, you know that in spite of all the terrible things that happen to you, you will never lose a final refuge. You know that the foundation of the world is love, so that even when no human being can or will help you, you may go on, trusting in the One that loves you.

Pope Benedict XVI

#9. We shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doings, or our feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the soul.

Charles Spurgeon