Assande Quotes & Sayings

Thus is worked out, from maggots up to man, the universal law of the violent destruction of living beings. The whole earth, continually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without end, without restraint, without respite until the consummation of the world,the extinction of evil,the death of death. — Joseph De Maistre

I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth. — Emily Bronte

I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I'm really working on him about that. — Aimee Mann

My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter. — Gyorgy Ligeti

You see, everyone thinks they're too good for day-old pastry, like one-third off is charity or something. The world is full of snobs. Snobs and slobs. I ought to write a book. — Wally Lamb

Being alive is gardening and cooking and birds and green and blue, at the very least. — Charles Bowden

Sometimes stories are just previews of coming truths. — Jennifer Crusie

Open-handed generosity and caring for the poor and marginalized as if we were caring for Jesus himself are extensions of our worship. — C. Christopher Smith

Turkeys are misunderstood. Once I adopted turkeys, I understood this large bird to be a great companion. — Linda Blair

I still approach a scene as one would approach a solo. There's nothing set or pat. — Johnny Depp

When cleverness emerges There is great hypocrisy. — Laozi

An [officer] is still a human being. When that fear kicks in, you never know what can happen. — Method Man

Bottom line: Outbursts of anger - including screaming, throwing things, banging inanimate objects, slamming doors, squealing tires, stomping around, making threats, shoving, restraining, cornering, or yelling down, all carry the threat of physical harm -even if that threat is not intended. All these things are abusive, and completely unacceptable. Nothing a woman or man does (including any of the above) justifies doing any of these. If you are doing any of these, you have a problem - PLEASE deal with it before it escalates. — Paul The Apostle