Aedile Quotes & Sayings

My progress reminded me of the horses in The Whip. They raced at the limit of their speed directly toward the audience. But they raced on a treadmill which canceled out their progress. — Tallulah Bankhead

An artist feels vulnerable to begin with; and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armour. — Eric Maisel

Every woman has beauty. Every woman has worth. Every woman deserves a chance at happiness. — Toni Sorenson

Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best. Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant asparagus as a form of holiday. In the Netherlands the first cutting coincides with Father's Day, on which restaurants may feature all-asparagus menus and hand out neckties decorated with asparagus spears. — Barbara Kingsolver

The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness. — John Green

Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji gave the mantra- Insaniyat, Jamhooriyat, Kashmiriyat. He based Jammu and Kashmir's development on this, and we need to take it ahead. — Narendra Modi

Freedom is self-determination. — Baruch Spinoza

Gender, not religion, is the opiate of the masses. — Erving Goffman

Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God. If we would trust God for our persecuted brothers and sisters in other countries, we must be diligent in prayer for their rulers. If we would trust God when decisions of government in our own country go against our best interests, we must pray for His working in the hearts of those officials and legislators who make those decisions. The truth that the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord is meant to be a stimulus to prayer, not a stimulus to a fatalistic attitude. — Jerry Bridges

My mother started to suffer from multiple sclerosis, but nobody knew what MS was then. My father didn't - and later he suffered a great deal of guilt over that. It was an awful business and very fraught. — Ruth Rendell

The universe, he observed, makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid. — Charles Dickens

He who burns with ambition to become aedile, tribune, praetor, consul, dictator, cries out that he loves his country and he loves only himself. — John Ralston Saul