17402 Quotes & Sayings

Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path. — Edgar Allan Poe

The wisest man may be a blind father. — Jules Verne

For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music. — T Bone Burnett

As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler. — Calvin Trillin

Irigaray remarks in such a vein that "the masquerade... is what women do... in order to participate in man's desire, but at the cost of giving up their own". — Judith Butler

In politics, victory is never total. — Donald Freed

You shouldn't focus on why you can't do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions. — Steve Case

Do try to stay out of trouble, human. I will be terribly annoyed if you manage to get yourself killed.
Grimalkin talking to Meghan — Julie Kagawa

Seneca had made the bargain that many good men have made when agreeing to aid bad regimes. On the one hand, their presence strengthens the regime and helps it endure. But their moral influence may also improve the regime's behavior or save the lives of its enemies. For many, this has been a bargain worth making, even if it has cost them - as it may have cost Seneca - their immortal soul. — James Romm

Of the delights of this world, man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven. — Mark Twain