A Civil Action Robert Duvall Quotes & Sayings

Patron Saint of Failures St Birgitta of Sweden. — Alain De Botton

Why is the TV on, and why aren't you on the way to naked?"...
"My head and the rest of me" - he drew her attention to his erection - "heard sex. No putting that genie back in the lamp... — Mary J. Williams

I would rather have regrets of excess than regrets of denial. — Jeanette Winterson

Though it may take much suffering to kill the able-bodied and effective members of society, it does not take much to reduce them to worn, listless, diseased creatures, who thenceforward crawl through life with moody hearts and pain-stricken bodies. — Elizabeth Gaskell

Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness. — Gautama Buddha

History is in charge of putting things in order and society is in charge of defining them. The more order we achieve, the more truth is hidden behind that neat surface... Perhaps literature is about throwing into disarray what has been defined... About making a mess of things, all over again. — Kyung-Sook Shin

Remember, people make you who you are. — Eddie Levert

Marriage was a calamity, but it was not an occupation. — Marthe Bibesco