Mostrador Montauk Quotes

#1. Now celebrity has taken on a holy status all of its own, and we look to the stars to provide us with the transcendental experience that was once achieved through religion.

Alison Jackson

#2. The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.

Barbara Johnson

#3. A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the right grain and quality, through a long fronting of men and events, and rubbing on good and bad fortune.

Henry David Thoreau

#4. Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.

Benjamin Franklin

#5. I've always put myself intensely into my work.

Josefina Vazquez Mota

#6. Mr. Rochester, I no more assign this fate to you than I grasp at it for myself. We were born to strive and endure - you as well as I: do so. You will forget me before I forget you.

Charlotte Bronte

#7. Pure logic suggests that if the entity in the coffin is not fundamentally the person you used to know, you cannot miss him. Because that's not a loss; that's a change.

Jodi Picoult

#8. The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.

Vernon Howard

#9. Taking the obedience of the soldier for the consent of the nation--such a confidence is the destruction of thrones.

Victor Hugo

#10. Smartass Disciple: But, you said that it's the truth??
Master of Stupidity: O Yes. That is yesterday's truth.

Toba Beta

#11. My six handbooks to Jewish life and lifecycle events mostly followed the trajectory of my adult Jewish life.

Anita Diament

#12. But the line between moral behavior and narcissistic self-righteousness is thin and difficult to discern

Dean Koontz

#13. The heap of dirty dishes was normal for Arthur, who had applied for a reduction in his water rate on the grounds that he washed up only every fortnight, and then used the leftover liquid for watering his roses.

Julian Barnes

#14. I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.

Gary Ross