Doe Quotes

You don't have to be crazy to be a writer, but it certainly does help

Grumbling, as things are at present arranged in this world, does not always, nor I might say often, do good.

I am a genius. Then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. I expected to be happy sometime. Now I know I shall never be.

In my whole life, I've never vomited from seeing something disgusting. Does it really even happen, outside of movies and TV? I believe it may be a myth.

There’s a difference between being alone and being lonely. Writers know that. I have never met a writer who does not crave to be alone. We have to be alone to do what we do.

Are you a polititcian or does lyin' just run in your family?

There’s plenty that poetry cannot do. But the miracle, of course, is how much it can do, how much it does do.

Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun!

Promiscuous ... was a word I had never applied to myself. Possibly no one ever does, for it is a sordid word, reducing many valuable moments to nothing more than doglike copulation.

The ninety percent of human experience that does not fit into established narrative patterns falls into oblivion.

The power of the past does not depend on our knowledge of it.

Regretting the past does not prevent me from repeating it.

To love a fool is a misfortune, but does not make one a fool.

An aphorism that does not score is just one more sentence.

Hatred observes with more care than love does.

Sexual attraction pairs people, but does not match them.

History goes out of control almost as often as nature does.

Someone can do anything they want to you on the outside, but whatever they do to me they cannot destroy what's on my inside. Mentally that cannot be taken away from me, no matter what someone does.

Grace does not make sin safe. But grace does make sinners safe.

Anxiety and hostility seem to be a great part of good and bad humor. Examining humor too closely does seem to destroy it.

When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does.

Spies have the same kinds of needs and desires that everybody does, which is funny. The best kind of comedy derives from that kind of truth.

The abuse of a good does not diminish the good of a good

happiness, unlike grief, does not clamor for a chronicler.

We study there a lot because... what other choice does society give us, right? It's Starbucks or death, sometimes.

What does a Californian make for dinner? Reservations.

One does not grow old until he believes he has more to look back on than he has to look forward to.

The hour of justice does not strike On the dials of this world.

God's love does not depend on the current spiritual condition of those He loves.

Persistence in prayer brings results that casual prayer does not.

God supplies the needs of His people according to their needs but does not ordinarily allow stockpiling.

The fear of God does not come naturally to human beings; it must be learned through Scripture, worship, and the hard knocks of experience.

Pessimism does win us great happy moments.

What a lurid life Oscar Wilde does lead - so full of extraordinary incidents. What a chance for the memoir writers of the next century

God does not relish our sufferings, but He delights in our development.

The influence of the Church does not depend on the Church, it depends on the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit will never lose its influence. He is God and He is influencing society.

Does God know if I am ignored or rejected? Find the answer in the compassionate eyes of Christ as he stands to defend the adulterous woman.

What you do for a tree, God does for you.

What are you doing at the moment? How does that compare to your competitors? What do you want to achieve? How can you create something people want?

What does old look like? Sometimes I am wrinkled, sometimes not.

Death does frame a person and somehow it is the good that stays.

The beginner hugs his infant poem to him and does not want it to grow up. But you may have to break your poem to remake it.

Have a purpose to your life: Purpose does not mean having a job...You can have a job and still be unfulfilled.

Having courage does not mean we are unafraid.

Diet Coke does not contain nasty chemicals. It contains lovely and delicious carbonation, caffeine, and aspartame. What's unnatural about that?

Tell me Jesse, does she sigh when you kiss her too

French: why does this language even exist? Everyone there speaks english anyway.

I've read the Book of Revelation a million times. It does not make sense, obviously. It needs to be decoded.

Once you let the words go, you have no control over how they're printed or what the media does with them. So there's no point in trying to make plans or to control it.

Does madness bring creativity? Or does creativity cause madness? Can an artist create without the ups so high and the downs so low?