Joyce Carol Oates Famous Quotes
When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity-but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.
"If you explore beneath shyness or party chit-chat, you can sometimes turn a dull exchange into an intriguing one. I've found this to be particularly true in the case of professors or intellectuals, who are full of fascinating information, but need encouragement before they'll divulge it."
Joyce Carol Oates Quotations
"Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough."
Mark Twain
"And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow."
Jerry Chin
You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.
Ken Kesey
"My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself..."
Trieu Thi Trinh
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
John Powell
All sins cast long shadows.
Irish Proverb
"Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account."
Benjamin Franklin
"I bet a fun thing would be to go way back in time to where there was going to be an eclipse and tell the cave men, 'If I have come to destroy you, may the sun be blotted out from the sky.' Just then the eclipse would start, and they'd probably try to kill you or something, but then you could explain about the rotation of the moon and all, and everyone would get a good laugh."
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Be not too hasty either with praise or blame speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
Seneca
"Of all the communities available to us there is not one I would want to devote myself to, except for the society of the true searchers, which has very few living members at any time."
Albert Einstein