"I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying."

-- Petrarch

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Dying Quotes

“I just think Texas and that whole Bible Belt section is so, like, corporate. And I don't agree with organized religion in that respect.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.”
“You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.”

Source : "Eve of Battle Speech". James Mattis' words in a message to the 1st Marine Division, The Weekly Standard, March 1, 2003.
“It's important to see things in perspective. Automobile traffic is responsible for only 12 percent of total CO2 emissions. One should be able to point this out without being accused of changing the subject.”
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.”

Source : Harriet Beecher Stowe (1866). “Little Foxes: Or, The Insignificant Little Habits which Mar Domestic Happiness”, p.58
“Goodbye to my friends at home, goodbye to people I've trusted. I've got to go out and make my way, I might get rich, you know I might get busted. But my heart keeps calling me backwards, as I get on the 707. Ridin' high, I got tears in my eyes, you know you got to go through hell before you get to heaven. Big ol' jet airliner, don't carry me too far away. Big ol' jet airliner, 'cause it's here that I've got to stay.”
“I don't have RomÃ¡rio's technique, [Marc] Overmars' pace or [Patrick] Kluivert's strength. But I work harder than the others. I'm like the student who is not as clever, but revises for his exams and does OK in the end.”
“When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life.”

Source : Brenda Ueland (1993). “Strength to Your Sword Arm: Selected Writings”, Holy Cow Press

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