“ Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation. ”
- Laurence Sterne- Copy
“ Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly- they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced. ”
- Aldous Huxley- Copy
“ It has been said that writing comes more easily if you have something to say. ”
- Sholem Asch- Copy
“ If you must commit suicide… always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of. ”
- George Borrow- Copy
“ Whatever be the topic of conversation, the spirit of piety should be diffused through it — as the salt in our food should properly season it all, whatever the article of food may be. ”
- Albert Barnes- Copy
“ There is no limit to stupidity. Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity. ”
- Gene Wolfe- Copy
“ Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. ”
- General Omar Bradley- Copy
“ The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done. ”
- Honore de Balzac- Copy
“ O Conscience, into what abyss of fears And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged. ”
- John Milton- Copy
“ His conversation does not show the minute hand; but he strikes the hour very correctly. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
“ Music is a readily available, highly effective tool that you use to improve both your cognitive and physical abilities. ”
- Arthur Winter- Copy
“ A woman that is like a German clock, Still a-repairing, ever out of frame, And never going aright, being a watch, But being watched that it may still go right! ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
“ Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly. ”
- Edward Albee- Copy
“ Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done one's best. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
“ We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. ”
- Kenneth Clark- Copy
“ We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now. ”
- Dave Davies- Copy
“ Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on,... We dare not make the same mistake with China. ”
- Steve Forbes- Copy
“ Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger or more intelligent than a fellow being or fellow scholar easily leads to an excessively egoistic psychological adjustment, which may becom. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
“ Had those calculations been properly done there would have been a larger background personnel and support,... With those mistakes embedded in it, the process began with the (Forest Service) agency and participants behind the curve. ”
- Bruce Babbitt- Copy
“ Institutions — government, churches, industries, and the like — have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom; and in so far as they fail, on the whole, to perform this function, they are wrong and need reconstruction. ”
- Charles Horton Cooley- Copy
“ Iran is a terrorist government. We cannot permit them to have nuclear weapons under any circumstances. The president has said, properly so, that no option can be taken off the table, and I think that is true. ”
- Howard Dean- Copy
“ Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used. ”
- Richard Byrd- Copy
“ Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used. ”
- Richard E. Byrd- Copy
“ Dawn Wells, who is Mary-Ann, has a cookbook out, which is really a lot of fun. It's got thirteen coconut cream pie recipes. ”
- Bob Denver- Copy
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