quotes about Erring

“The Writer's Oath I promise solemnly: 1. to write as often and as much as I can, 2. to respect my writing self, and 3. to nurture the writing of others. I accept these responsibilities and shall honor them always.”

“When I first got into this biz called show, I decided I was going to change my name, make it more Hollywood. And you know how you do that? You take your middle name and the first street that you ever lived on. So when I first started, I actually went by Sue Rural Route 2.”

“My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.”

“Addie, please." More tears dripped down her cheeks. "Don't be so hard." "Oh, please," I muttered...and that was as far as I got. 'You broke my heart' were the words that had risen to my mouth, but I couldn't say them. That was what you said to a boyfriend, a lover, not your best friend. She'd laugh. And I'd had enough of being laughed at. I'd worked hard to get to a place where it didn't happen anymore, where I didn't move through life like a walking target, where it was just me and my paints and brushes and my big empty bed every night. "You weren't a good friend," I said instead.”

“So it shall be written. So it shall be done.”

Source : "Fictional character: Rameses". "The Ten Commandments", www.imdb.com. October 5, 1956.

“all theology knowingly or not is by definition always engaged for or against the oppressed.”

Source : Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (1984). “Bread Not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation”, Beacon Press (MA)

“To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan,- The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'T is folly to be wise.”

Source : 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College' (1747) l. 91

“Art exists because life is not enough.”

“A gentleman's first characteristic is that fineness of structure in the body which renders it capable of the most delicate sensation; and of structure in the mind which renders it capable of the most delicate sympathies; one may say simply "fineness of nature.”

“I am happy I have competition. It keeps me on my toes all the while and stops me from becoming complacent. So, it works to my advantage.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.