“When there’s something in the Bible that churches don’t like, they call it legalism.”
Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994) British writer
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Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962) French writer and philosopher
A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books
Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (1988)
“There's something perverse about women… they're all masochists at heart.”
Henry Miller book Tropic of Cancer
Source: Tropic of Cancer
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.”
Andy Rooney (1919–2011) writer, humorist, television personality
David Lynch (1946) American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor
“There was nothing I could say in retaliation except something that would confuse her.”
E. Lockhart (1967) American writer of novels as E. Lockhart (mainly for teenage girls) and of picture books under real name Emily J…
Source: The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon—and me, Ruby Oliver
“When something comes easy, you usually let it go the same way.”
Nora Roberts (1950) American romance writer
“Beauty is something that burns the hand when you touch it.”
Yukio Mishima book Forbidden Colors
Source: Forbidden Colors
Hubert Selby Jr. book Last Exit to Brooklyn
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964)
“So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
Source: The Autobiography Of Malcolm X
“Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“As long as you still experience the stars as something "above you", you lack the eye of knowledge.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.”
Denis Diderot (1713–1784) French Enlightenment philosopher and encyclopædist
On Dramatic Poetry (1758)
“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.”
W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) Irish poet and playwright
W.E.B. Du Bois book The Souls of Black Folk
Source: The Souls of Black Folk (1903), Ch. XII: Of Alexander Crummell
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
“Holding onto something that's gone only makes a sickness inside.”
Nora Roberts (1950) American romance writer
Patrick Süskind (1949) German writer and screenwriter
Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Raymond Carver (1938–1988) American short story author and poet
Source: Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
“Conversations are always dangerous, if you have something to hide.”
Agatha Christie book A Caribbean Mystery
Source: A Caribbean Mystery
Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World
Source: NOS4A2
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
Source: Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World
Henry Rollins (1961) American singer-songwriter
Source: Smile, You're Traveling: Black Coffee Blues Part 3
“If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you.”
Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist
Variant: Go to College,
Stay in school,
If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread,
they can sure make something out of you.
“Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.”
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor
Henri Cartier-Bresson book The Decisive Moment
The Decisive Moment (1952), p. i; also in The Mind's Eye (1999)
Context: The picture-story involves a joint operation of the brain, the eye and the heart. The objective of this joint operation is to depict the content of some event which is in the process of unfolding, and to communicate impressions. Sometimes a single event can be so rich in itself and its facets that it is necessary to move all around it in your search for the solution to the problems it poses — for the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving. Sometimes you light upon the picture in seconds; it might also require hours or days. But there is no standard plan, no pattern from which to work.
Source: Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.”
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)
“There is something you can do that no one else can do just like you so love your life!”
Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker
Jimmy Carter (1924) American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)
“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old”
Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant
“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”
Frank Herbert (1920–1986) American writer
Walker Percy book The Moviegoer
Variant: What is the nature of the search? you ask. The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.
Source: The Moviegoer (1961)
Context: To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair. The movies are onto the search, but they screw it up. The search always ends in despair. They like to show a fellow coming to himself in a strange place-but what does he do? He takes up with the local librarian, sets about proving to the local children what a nice fellow he is, and settles down with a vengeance. In two weeks time he is so sunk in everydayness that he might just as well be dead.
Source: Masterpiece
“May I offer you something? A small glass of cyanide?”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Angel's Game
Source: The Angel's Game
“I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me… This is my new starting line.”
Wendelin Van Draanen (1965) American writer
Source: The Running Dream
“I sometimes think that I enjoy suffering. But the truth is I would prefer something else.”
Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher
“There's something happening everyday, but I'm too tired and lazy to write it all down.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
“I am doing something I hate for you. This is what it means to be in love.”
Jonathan Safran Foer book Everything Is Illuminated
Source: Everything Is Illuminated
Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist
Source: On the Heights of Despair (1934)
Context: Everything is possible, and yet nothing is. All is permitted, and yet again, nothing. No matter which way we go, it is no better than any other. It is all the same whether you achieve something or not, have faith or not, just as it’s all the same whether you cry or remain silent. There is an explanation for everything, and yet there is none. Everything is both real and unreal, normal and absurd, splendid and insipid. There is nothing worth more than anything else, nor any idea better than any other. Why grow sad from one’s sadness and delight in one’s joy? What does it matter whether our tears come from pleasure or pain? Love your unhappiness and hate your happiness, mix everything up, scramble it all! Be a snowflake dancing in the air, a flower floating downstream! Have courage when you don’t need to, and be a coward when you must be brave! Who knows? You may still be a winner! And if you lose, does it really matter? Is there anything to win in this world? All gain is loss, all loss is gain. Why always expect a definite stance, clear ideas, meaningful words? I feel as if I should spout fire in response to all the questions which were ever put, or not put, to me.
“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.”
Diane Arbus (1923–1971) American photographer and author
“You see, a secret is not something untold. It’s something which can’t be told.”
Terence McKenna (1946–2000) American ethnobotanist