24143 Quotes & Sayings

My father was a Foreign Service officer, a diplomat and an Arabist who spent virtually all his career in the Near East, as it was called in the State Department. So I spent most of my childhood among the Israelis and the Arabs of Palestine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. — Kai Bird

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush. — Dawn French

Bring together things that have not yet been brought together and did not seem predisposed to be so. — Robert Bresson

Instead of worship or ignorance of the past, we must make our own tools, our own stories, and our own legends. — Curious George Brigade

Members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the electorate from the legislature. The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population. — Albert Einstein

Slavery results from laws, laws are made by governments, and, therefore people can only be freed from slavery by the abolition of governments ... And it is time for people to understand that governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions, in which a self-respecting, honest man cannot and must not take part. — Leo Tolstoy

Talk about holding the world in the palm of your hand. I wished I could carry him home in a breathable non-destructive display case with a lock. I wanted to shield him from everything this crazy world had to offer. — Penelope Ward

Love just enough. What's enough? Enough to hold. When it hurts, you're loving too much. Just enough to hold. Anything more than a handful and you're in trouble. — Sarah Winman

I have always been a fire, and everyone I loved walked away as ashes, until I met a phoenix who was born to love flames. — Jenim Dibie

I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own. — Dolly Parton

The strongest will is the will that knows how to bend. — Alice Duer Miller

When one does wrong, one must do it thoroughly. — Victor Hugo

In persons grafted in a serious trust,
Negligence is a crime. — William Shakespeare

I believe there is also a Tim Roth Monastery. — Tim Roth