Balisetoyot Quotes & Sayings

The question was summed up for him thus: "If I do not accept the answers Christianity gives to the problems of my life, what answers do I accept? — Leo Tolstoy

Ben Karlin is a friend of mine and was a writer on 'The Daily Show.' He's just put out a book and asked a bunch of writers from various disciplines to contribute. It was called 'Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me,' and of course I agreed, and then I actually had to sit down and write it. God, writing fiction is terrifying. — Tom McCarthy

The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off — Ibn Taymiyyah

I was possessed with a wonderful example of my Italian American family. They would come over and join us every Sunday, all my aunts and uncles and nephews and nieces, and I would sing for them. — Tony Bennett

The word family is derived from the word famulus, meaning a servant, and in its early usage, familia, it literally meant the servants of a household. In its essence, the longing for family, and the ravenousness that the loss of family creates in us, isn't just for belonging: it's for the grace that abides in serving those we love. — Gregory David Roberts

There's an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we're morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that's a bit dangerous. — Al Franken

But since 'tis as 'tis, why, it might have been worse, and I feel my thanks accordingly. — Thomas Hardy