887150 Quotes & Sayings

God has taken us utterly seriously. How can we not do the same with him? — N. T. Wright

Parents usually educate their children merely in such a manner than however bad the world may be, they may adapt themselves to its present conditions. But they ought to give them an education so much better than this, that a better condition of things may thereby be brought about by the future. — Immanuel Kant

Never was there a creature more appropriately placed to be the poster girl for euthanasia. — Dawn French

The belief that there is a difference between good and bad, meaningful and meaningless, profound and vapid, exciting and banal - this belief was once fundamental to musical education. But it offends against political correctness. Today there is only my taste and yours. The suggestion that my taste is better than yours is elitist, an offence against equality. But unless we teach children to judge, to discriminate, to recognise the difference between music of lasting value and mere ephemera, we give up on the task of education. Judgment is the precondition of true enjoyment, and the prelude to understanding art in all its forms. — Roger Scruton

I did take composition lessons when I was in high school, so I wrote piano pieces. I wrote some chamber music. I don't think any of that was particularly interesting. — Tod Machover

The parts of my new job that filled me with abject and irrational fear, that twisted me into all kinds of knots, were the raw emotions of those left alive. It was the living who were the great unknown. — Scot Gardner

With heightened senses it remained motionless and looked through bulbous eyes. It could taste fear in the air. Pheromones. Sweat. Food was near, but more importantly, so was its new home. — Stephen Craig

Life, thought the naked man, was a hell, with rare moments recalling some ancient paradise. — Italo Calvino

sometimes love just isn't enough.. — Cassandra Clare

Thus, the same blow that strikes interest down will send wages up. — Benjamin Tucker

A day is precious because each day is essentially the microcosm of your whole life. — John O'Donohue