William H Gass Famous Quotes



"We have scarcely gotten home ... when our children's sneezes greet us, skinned knees bleed after waiting all day to do so. There is the bellyache and the burned-out basement bulb, the stalled car and the incontinent cat. The windows frost, the toilets sweat, the body of our spouse is one cold shoulder and the darkness of our bedroom is soon full of the fallen shadows of our failures."


William H Gass Quotations






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"In light of knowledge attained, the happy achievement seems almost a matter of course, and any intelligent student can grasp it without too much trouble. But the years of anxious searching in the dark, with their intense longing, their alterations of confidence and exhaustion and the final emergence into the light -- only those who have experienced it can understand it."
Albert Einstein

But what do we mean by the American Revolution Do we mean the American War The revolution was effected before the war commenced. The revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people.
Geoffrey F Albert

Slater Didja ever look at a dollar bill man There's some spooky shit goin' on there. And it's green too.
Dazed and Confused

Nothing is more unpleasant that a virtuous person with a mean mind.
Walter Bagehot

"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly."
William Shakespeare

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
Erma Bombeck

"Love your neighbor, but don't tear down your fence."
German proverb

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."
Joseph Hall

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.
Ken Olsen

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Alva Edison