And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.
Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.
since you are alive, only two thing await you... your death or the coming of Jesus Christ. whichever will come first.
There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.
The only thing that I was equipped for with my very mediocre college Arts degree was to get a job in teaching.
The poet knows himself only on the condition that things resound in him, and that in him, at a single awakening, they and he come forth together out of sleep.
There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There's only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.
Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.
It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.
there comes a time in life, when you realize that everything is a dream; only those things which are written down have any possibility of being real.
The only thing more dangerous than your enemy knowing how powerful you are, is your enemy not knowing how powerful you are
The only thing more dangerous then your enemy knowing how powerful you are, is your enemy not knowing how powerful you are.
People would say bad things about you, because it is the only way their insignificant self can feel better than you.
The chances of finding out what’s really going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied.
My only advice is don't tattoo some guy's name on yourself. Ever. I've done it twice. Twice! I'm in the process of getting both removed. It's the most painful thing imaginable.
Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
The only thing that everyone needs to look out for is keeping the students reading through high school and thereafter.
When we leave this life, we only get to take two things: the love we received and the lessons we learned.
My wife says I'm only comfortable when there's a fight. And it's true. The thing that motivates me is struggle.
The only thing I have never known is true intimacy with a man. I absolutely wanted to discover that before dying.
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.