We are much too much inclined in these days to divide people into permanent categories, forgetting that a category only exists for its special purpose and must be forgotten as soon as that purpose is served.
Dorothy L. Sayers
Related I love a good Dorothy L. Sayers. J. K. ROWLING A word too much always defeats its purpose. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER A word too much always defeats its purpose ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibili... ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibili... ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD So that studio served its purpose, and still is working very well for other people right now. BILLY SHERWOOD The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Human you are, and your purpose is to live for others as much as you live for yourself. ABHIJIT NASKAR There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of ... ANNE RICE When locational information is collected, people should be given advance notice and a chance to opt ... ADAM COHEN The way to think of a supercomputer is as a special-purpose device. Only with these devices can we p... JACK DONGARRA People who pretend to be your friend lead you up a garden path by saying everything that you want to... GARY F EVANS... That's SHIT! How do you remove it? You just put it inside the trash, easy as that. DEYTH BANGER Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the wo... JOHN S. BONNELL The press served its purpose. AL ALDRIDGE as soon as a work of art is of practical use, betrays a purpose or a tendency its beauty vanishes. AUGUST STRINDBERG I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorot... KAZUO ISHIGURO Granpa said if there was less words, there wouldn't be as much trouble in the world. He said private... FORREST CARTER You are a furry gnome and we feed you too much! Dorothy to Sophia THE GOLDEN GIRLS The art of the past no longer exists as it once did. Its authority is lost. In its place there is a ... JOHN BERGER We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meani... ERIC HOFFER Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY People are on the go so much more these days. People aren't home as much as they used to be. They wa... MARK TEPE People think that investing in penny stocks is risky, and they are right. That is why we chose Peter... WILLIAM MCKINLEY So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as li... JOHN SUTHERLAND BONNELL The purpose of these killings has been to repress and divide the population for political gain. PHILIP ALSTON We are striving, as much as we possibly can, to assist young drivers in advancing to the next level.... ERIC BACHELART It's served its purpose when it was new. When we buy one of these we say we want it to last 20 years... CAPT. ROB RYAN Everything has its own purpose. But the purpose can only be read by the mind of a true believer. It ... EPHDAN Human beings are the only ones in nature who are aware that they will die. For that reason and only ... PAULO COELHO Camp Dawson has served its purpose, it was always meant to be a transition place. LARA RAMSBURG Sex joins two people spiritually and emotionally as well as physically. This is its purpose-to bond ... CRAIG GROESCHEL nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood. MARCUS SEDGWICK Cora blamed the people who wrote it down. People always got things wrong, on purpose as much as by a... COLSON WHITEHEAD You must have a definite purpose of life. To reach that purpose, you must be flexible. DEBASISH MRIDHA In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for... JOHN RUSKIN In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for... JOHN RUSKIN In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for... W. H. AUDEN As much as the old site has served us well and as we continue to develop, we need to shut down the o... HAYNE ELLIS Nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul... MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the sou... MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the so... MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose a point on which the soul ma... MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady
purpose-a point on which the soul ... MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY I personally believe that each of us was put here for a purpose -- to build not to destroy. If I can... RED SKELTON We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too m... BILL RICHARDSON If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an ... JACK CANFIELD And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ... CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS There is only as much space, only as much time, only as much desire, only as many words, only as man... DEJAN STOJANOVIC Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence. RONALD REAGAN To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching Man to regard himself as an experiment in th... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE The purpose of Bonn was to re-establish permanent government institutions; the purpose of the compac... BARNETT RUBIN When someone attaches unkindness to criticism, she's angry. Angry people need
to criticize as an out... BARBARA SHER As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it ... GOLDWIN SMITH Water (as a category) continues to grow, ... People are aware of how much they need water just for h... BOB RICHARDSON That means we can go to places with a common front as a recruitment council. We will be helping each... CARRIE ZERAFA You can never put too much pork in your mouth as far as I'm concerned. LEWIS BLACK As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession. BELLE BOYD I don't think it will be much longer than that. But they're really being cautious. As soon as a guy ... BOB HARTLEY We are the ecological choice. These trees are biodegradable, grown as a crop. We're not going into t... JOHN CURTIS We are to introduce our people into the life of the Church, which is salvation, that they may grasp ... ARTHUR MIDDLETON We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with... SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) Your greatness is directly proportional to how much time you are ready to invest into fulfilling you... SUNDAY ADELAJA It may be true that the only reason the comic book industry now exists is for this purpose, to creat... ALAN MOORE It served no purpose to tie up our people in the courts, GLENN MORRIS This might be too much like half-forgotten schoolwork for comfort and, as in all first episodes, the... CHRISTOPHER HOWSE So it allows me to travel, I'll be doing that and running these great rivers and doing what I've don... RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big bold rig... BARRY MUNRO I wanted to tell her that being loved is a talent too, that it takes as much guts and as much work a... TANA FRENCH Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence. RONALD REAGAN In the end of it all, the climax of purpose for every preacher of the gospel is that he would have b... KPIRHE DANIEL If you think you're getting too much government these days, just be happy that you're not getting al... UNKNOWN There is only as much space, only as much time, Only as much desire, only as many words, DEJAN STOJANOVIC As soon as you start fulfilling your purpose your adversaries will appear SUNDAY ADELAJA The purpose of clothing, as best he could tell, was to keep one unembarrassed and at the right tempe... TOM RACHMAN After mature consideration it was unanimously agreed, that, to prevent as much as possible their att... CHARLES LAWRENCE I think there's a misconception that kids cut too much weight, and hopefully this will put that in c... DENNIS LYBERGER I am no professional politician-which is perhaps why I am continually obsessed by the question as to... ANDREI SAKHAROV I would love for the people in these sites to tell me we are doing too much for them, This parish ha... EMILY CAMPBELL You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter.... MIYAMOTO MUSASHI Music's at its best when it has a purpose. In the days of 'Rock Around the Clock' and 'Good Golly, M... EDDIE VEDDER Often and often must he have thought, that, to be or not to be forever, was a question, which must b... JONES VERY A black person grows up in this country - and in many places - knowing that racism will be as famili... MAYA ANGELOU Sometimes people think they are looking for the meaning of life, when really they are looking for an... WENDY MASS But as soon as we got that higher speed access to the home there's going to be a tremendous crun... JON POSTEL Our objective is to move our residents into permanent housing as soon as possible. Although our prog... KAREN MESSINA Unfortunately, since its passage in 1973, the War Powers Resolution has been stripped of its origina... SCOTT GARRETT Enchanted partnership begins with the conscious understanding, on the part of two people, that the p... MARIANNE WILLIAMSON We are a museum and that is our primary purpose. But I consider us an attraction as well. CATHI HAHNER It is a mistake to speak of a bad choice in love, since as soon as a choice exists, it can only be b... MARCEL PROUST She felt lately as though she had served her purpose, done her job, and been dispensed with, not onl... DANIELLE STEEL For a coach, this is always a tough time as we realize we are not going to have these guys around mu... MATT MURRAY Its purpose is for members of the church, as well as the public, to search their family trees. DEANDA LINE They seem to have forgotten that, and are back saying the only purpose of P2P networks is for illega... JOHN PERRY BARLOW Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose. ANDY GOLDSWORTHY As much as I enjoy traveling and playing on stage as an artist, I really find my true sense of purpo... SAM HUNT Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpo... SETH GRAHAME-SMITH We are still very hopeful that we will get tax deductibility and move forward to the special purpose... LOUIS GRIES
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If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground. DOROTHY L. SAYERS There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your own. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Very dangerous things, theories. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Trouble shared is trouble halved. DOROTHY L. SAYERS There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited. DOROTHY L. SAYERS As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to... DOROTHY L. SAYERS While time lasts there will always be a future, and that future will hold both good and evil, since ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. DOROTHY L. SAYERS None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach peo... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking. DOROTHY L. SAYERS (One character on another:) "Don't you know that I passionately dote on every chin on his... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Except ye become as little children, except you can wake on your fiftieth birthday with the same for... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- o... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the who... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses... DOROTHY L. SAYERS It is the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interfere... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going i... DOROTHY L. SAYERS She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they ge... DOROTHY L. SAYERS As I grow older and older And totter towards the tomb, I find I care less and less Who goes... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A man once asked me ... how I managed in my books to write such natural conversation between men whe... DOROTHY L. SAYERS See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either schola... DOROTHY L. SAYERS [O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer sh... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave '... DOROTHY L. SAYERS What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS In fact, there is perhaps only one human being in a thousand who is passionately interested in his j... DOROTHY L. SAYERS In reaction against the age-old slogan, "woman is the weaker vessel," or the still more offensive, "... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Do you know how to pick a lock?" "Not in the least, I'm afraid." "I often wonder what we g... DOROTHY L. SAYERS It is extraordinarily entertaining to watch the historians of the past ... entangling themselves in ... DOROTHY L. 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SAYERS I entirely agree that a historian ought to be precise in detail; but unless you take all the charact... DOROTHY L. SAYERS To subdue one's self to one's own ends might be dangerous, but to subdue one's self to other people'... DOROTHY L. SAYERS It is said that love and a cough cannot be hid. DOROTHY L. SAYERS But suppose one doesn't quite know which one wants to put first. Suppose," said Harriet, falling bac... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Placetne, magistra?" "Placet. DOROTHY L. SAYERS All the children seem to be coming out quite intelligent, thank goodness. It would have been such a ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I know what you're thinking - that anybody with proper sensitive feelings would rather scrub floors ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS He was being about as protective as a can-opener. DOROTHY L. SAYERS I gather that he nearly knocked you down, damaged your property, and generally made a nuisance of hi... DOROTHY L. SAYERS We shall know what things are of overmastering importance when they have overmastered us. DOROTHY L. SAYERS The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the t... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A marriage of two independent and equally irritable intelligences seems to me reckless to the point ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I imagine you come across a number of people who are disconcerted by the difference between what you... DOROTHY L. SAYERS If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks. DOROTHY L. SAYERS What are you to do with the people who are cursed with both hearts and brains? DOROTHY L. SAYERS The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to ma... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Some people's blameless lives are to blame for a good deal. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Do you find it easy to get drunk on words?" "So easy that, to tell you the truth, I am se... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The worst sin - perhaps the only sin - passion can commit, is to be joyless. DOROTHY L. SAYERS I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by a... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to wor... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are bot... DOROTHY L. SAYERS In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair...the sin that believes in not... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. DOROTHY L. SAYERS [W]hen I see men callously and cheerfully denying women the full use of their bodies, while insistin... DOROTHY L. SAYERS He remembered having said to his uncle (with a solemn dogmatism better befitting a much younger man)... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any o... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Remorse is eating his soul like a caterpillar in a cabbage. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Continuing a short series of verse on Christ: Hard it is, very hard, To travel up the slow and st... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearm... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433 Contempt of material things as such is, in fa... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Setting aside the scandal caused by His Messianic claims and His reputation as a political firebrand... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Few things are more striking than the change which has taken place during my own lifetime in the att... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrs... DOROTHY L. SAYERS THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE Setting aside the scandal caused by His Messianic claims... DOROTHY L. SAYERS "The Kingdom of Heaven", said the Lord Christ, "is among you." But what, precisely, is the Kingdom o... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Feast of Thomas the Apostle Those who make it a reproach to Christianity that it taught no new mo... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Continuing a short series on sin: Evil is the soul's choice of the not-God. The corollary is that ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Facts are like cows. If you look them in the face long enough, they generally run away. DOROTHY L. SAYERS The first thing a principle does is kill somebody DOROTHY L. SAYERS And by the way, my dear,' he said, 'you might just mention to Mrs. Sutton that if she must read the ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Perhaps it is no wonder that the women were first at the Cradle and last at the Cross. They had neve... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Now, it is frequently asserted that, with women, the job does not come first. What (people cry) are ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS For God's sake, let's take the word 'possess' and put a brick round its neck and drown it ... We can... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Perhaps we are not following Christ all the way or in the right spirit. We are likely, for example, ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Except ye become as little children, except you can wake on your fiftieth birthday with the same for... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I always have a quotation for everything -- it saves original thinking. DOROTHY L. SAYERS I love you- I am at rest with you- I have come home. DOROTHY L. SAYERS I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenth... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Books . . . are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and lea... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Those who make some other person their job . . . are dangerous. DOROTHY L. SAYERS In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in noth... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The rest were nondescript, as yet undifferentiated—yet nondescripts, thought Harriet, were the mos... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Why do you want a letter from me? Why don't you take the trouble to find out for yourselves what Chr... DOROTHY L. SAYERS But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much las... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Listen, Harriet. I do unterstand. I know you don't want either to give or to take ... You don't want... DOROTHY L. SAYERS For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and wha... DOROTHY L. SAYERS None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I love you - I am at rest with you- I have come home. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Except ye become as little children, except you can wake on your fiftieth birthday with the same for... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Work is not primarily a thing one does to live, but the thing one lives to do. It is or it should be... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The two men sat silent for a little, and then Lord Peter said: "D'you like your job?" DOROTHY L. SAYERS Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS You may say you won’t interfere with another person’s soul, but you do—merely by existing. The... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Harriet had long ago discovered that one could not like people any the better, merely because they w... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I always said the professional advocate was the most amoral person on the face of the earth. I'm cer... DOROTHY L. SAYERS [On marriage and permanent attachment:] Well, well -- the prizes all go to the women who ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS It's very good of you--" "No, no, not at all. It's my hobby. Not proposing to people, I d... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I give you full credit for the discovery, I crawl, I grovel, my name is Watson, and you need not say... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Even idiots ocasionally speak the truth accidentally. DOROTHY L. SAYERS [T]he more clamour we make about 'the women's point of view', the more we rub it into people that th... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Of course, there is some truth in advertising. There's yeast in bread, but you can't make bread with... DOROTHY L. SAYERS How should anything be sacred to an advertiser?" demanded Ingleby, helping himself to four lumps of ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the... DOROTHY L. SAYERS There, eastward, within a stone’s throw, stood the twin towers of All Souls, fantastic, unreal as ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The mellow bells, soaring and singing in tower and steeple, told of time's flight through an eternit... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The people who are most discouraged and made despondent by the barbarity and stupidity of human beha... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Here be dragons to be slain, here be rich rewards to gain; If we perish in the seeking, why, ho... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Harriet was silent. She suddenly saw Wimsey in a new light. She knew him to be intelligent, clean, c... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Nothing goes so well with a hot fire and buttered crumpets as a wet day without and a good dose of c... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper DOROTHY L. SAYERS Still, it doesn't do to murder people, no matter how offensive they may be. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Parker looked distressed. He had confidence in Wimsey's judgment, and, in spite of his own interior ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Experience has taught me," said Peter (...) "that no situation finds Bunter unprepared. That he shou... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The making of miracles to edification was as ardently admired by pious Victorians as it was sternly ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS That was the second time within five minutes that he had warned her off his private ground. His mood... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The boat rocked perilously as they heaved and tore at the clinging weeds, razor-sharp and strong as ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Peter—do please be happy. I mean, you’ve always been the comfortable sort of person that nothing... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I say--I've thought of a good plot for a detective story." "Really?" "Top--hole. You know,... DOROTHY L. SAYERS My idea is that Miss Vane didn't do it," said Wimsey. "I dare say that's an idea which has already o... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I love Brian Piccolo, and I'd like all of you to love him. When you hit your knees to pray tonight, ... GALE SAYERS I was playing in the league when Ray Guy was playing in the league. He was the best kicker I've ... GALE SAYERS There are some people that probably should be in the Hall of Fame, but they're not for some reas... GALE SAYERS Halas didn't believe in starting rookies. GALE SAYERS We have about 4 million people who have voted for who they want to see in the Hall of Fame. There ar... GALE SAYERS Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up. GALE SAYERS I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills. GALE SAYERS What happens also is that a lot of those people and reporters who vote for Hall of Famers, some of t... 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GALE SAYERS He says he won't sign anything because he knows what they're doing with the stuff, and I don't disag... GALE SAYERS Tomorrow, you might see a passing shower around the midday. MATT SAYERS I'm 62 years old. You can't tell me that some little kid coming up to me -- he doesn't know me. Thes... GALE SAYERS Both Ray and I are racing fans. Also, we both have the same goals and desire to succeed, to win and ... GALE SAYERS There's no way I would have made the Hall of Fame or set any of the records I did by myself. No matt... GALE SAYERS It's all about possibilities. Now that we're re-connected, it also gives us an incentive to build co... JUDITH SAYERS There is a great deal of potential, but there are also a few challenges for any potential operator. ... JUDITH SAYERS There are still treaty issues that First Nations will have to negotiate on the rail corridor, but th... JUDITH SAYERS The next five years will be very exciting. We have a lot of vibrant people in the neighborhood wanti... JENNIFER SAYERS There's been a fabulous resurgence of people fixing up homes. The house values are steadily increasi... JENNIFER SAYERS Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old an... DOROTHY THOMPSON I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is t... DOROTHY DIX Think for yourselves for a change. You've been pedlars: go and be merchants. You've been mercenaries... DOROTHY DUNNETT My children have no prejudices at all. My own brother-in-law is Jewish! DOROTHY KILGALLEN That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it... DOROTHY PARKER You never saw a very busy person who was unhappy. DOROTHY DIX You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think. DOROTHY PARKER It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that mak... DOROTHY DIX Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring. DOROTHY PARKER The vanity of Eve, that desire to exercise power, to seduce, to drag down! DOROTHY DAY I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it. DOROTHY PARKER Friendship is a very simple word, very commonly used. The word friend is almost used on a daily basi... DOROTHY RIERA The friends I made have slipped and strayed. And who's the one that cares A trifling lot and... DOROTHY PARKER Work is the province of cattle. DOROTHY PARKER I was really a spoiled brat when I was a kid skating. Meals are cooked for you, you are driven to th... DOROTHY HAMILL I used to have terrible tantrums. I was temperamental when I was younger. Actually, what I needed wa... DOROTHY HAMILL Once when I was young and true, Someone left me sad- Broke my brittle heart in two; And ... DOROTHY PARKER Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch is, and it darts a... DOROTHY PARKER If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it'... DOROTHY PARKER This book is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force. DOROTHY PARKER Oh, it is sure as it is sad That any lad is every lad, And what's a girl, to dare implore DOROTHY PARKER I never see the prettiest thing - A cherry bough gone white with Spring - But what I think, Ho... DOROTHY PARKER Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to con... DOROTHY THOMPSON The best way to keep children at home is to make the home a pleasant atmosphere and let the air out ... DOROTHY PARKER The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy and wit, deeming such qualities, perhap... DOROTHY NEVILL Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live DOROTHY THOMPSON Beauty, my first girlfriend said to me, is that inner quality often associated with great amounts of... DOROTHY ALLISON The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out o... DOROTHY PARKER If television's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. DOROTHY GAMBRELL If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. DOROTHY PARKER Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone. DOROTHY PARKER By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, ... DOROTHY PARKER Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies. DOROTHY ALLISON Oh seek, my love, your newer way; I'll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday DOROTHY PARKER If I didn't care for fun and such, I'd probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I... DOROTHY PARKER