68436631aa Quotes & Sayings

Ever since the end of the nineteenth century, the problem of what to do with the surplus of consumption goods has been latent in industrial society. — George Orwell

Essentially, we have a system where wealthy farmers feed the poor crap and poor farmers feed the wealthy high-quality food. — Michael Pollan

I am convinced that a calm, quiet and harmonious interior can be as beneficial to health as a sensible diet and regular exercise — Kelly Hoppen

Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued. — Robert Graves

A book is like a money-changer: it pays you back in another form what you brint to it. — Austin O'Malley

The point is that we are not doomed because we are homosexual, my dear, we are doomed only if we live in despair because of it, as we did on the beaches and the streets of Suck City. — Andrew Holleran

Its quietness was the quietness of strength. And the eyes were those of one who had walked through many a dark valley without flinching. — Madeleine Brent

Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. — Edward Abbey

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me. — Josh Groban

When the English language gets in my way, I walk over it. — Billy Sunday

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The baronet, in his old age, had been cast up by his vices on the shores of melancholy; heavy-eyed, grey-haired, bent, he seemed to pass through life as in a dream.
("The Undying Thing") — Barry Pain

I tried to go to Kosovo to establish a statue to commemorate those who died during the wars, and to discuss moving on, so we could move into a new era. But I was banned from there. — Ivica Dacic

OBVIOUSLY YOU STRIKE OUT
AGAINST PEOPLE WITHIN RANGE.
IT'S CATHARTIC TO AFFECT
SOMEONE WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY.
ALTERNATIVELY, CHOOSE
ENEMIES IMPOSSIBLY FAR AWAY
SO YOU NEVER HAVE TO FIGHT. — Jenny Holzer