Balzacs First Name Quotes & Sayings

My work stops at publication. If the books don't contain in themselves their reasons for being - questions and answers - it means I was wrong to have them published. — Elena Ferrante

Even if we fight, don't you ever think I don't want this. I want this more than I've wanted anything. I want YOU more than anything. — Allie Everhart

[The Founding Fathers] were not advocates for a monolithic notion of "God and Country," as promoters of a Christian America would now have us believe. They were precisely the opposite: the very prototypes, in fact, of the East Coast intellectuals we are always being warned against by today's religious right. — Brooke Allen

The fact of the matter is that 40 years ago, unless you bought the record, you couldn't hear the music. It was such a narrow track in comparison to today. — Nick Mason

There is no heroism in sheep. They stand on the hill and go "Baa", as they're being slaughtered. — Skip Coryell

I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college. — Freeman A. Hrabowski III

But what slayed Robert was that for all these years, all his adult life, he'd never believed in relationships and commitment. They were highly overrated as far as he was concerned. Some people's entire lives revolved around love ... finding it, keeping it. People had written poetry about it, had sacrificed for it, had even died for it. And he'd never been able to understand why. Why would anyone want to invest themselves in such a fickle emotion that sounded too good to be true because it was too good to be true. When the going got tough, even when someone claimed to love and be committed to the people in their lives, they really only honored that commitment when things were good. — M.L. Rhodes

Sincerity is not part of the political vocabulary. If it is used or implied bells should ring — Bangambiki Habyarimana

the butterfly of Christmastown? — Ann Gelder

To you, I'm an atheist.
To God, I'm the loyal opposition. — Woody Allen

The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security. — Richard Burr

The way we've been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame. — Matthew Lesko

There is NOTHING you can do with your running time that is better for you than running. Any other activity only pulls you down and erases passion. — Gerry Lindgren

No one knows God unless God reveals Himself to him. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer