Banbase Quotes & Sayings

The only defect in which excellent constitution seems to be, the difficulty of finding any man adequate to the office of an absolute monarch: for this indispensably requires three qualities very difficult, as it appears from history, to be found in princely natures: first, a sufficient quantity of moderation in the prince, to be contented with all the power which is possible for him to have. 2ndly, Enough of wisdom to know his own happiness. And, 3rdly, Goodness sufficient to support the happiness of others, when not only compatible with, but instrumental to his own. Now — Henry Fielding

As I stumbled into confusion about what was real and what was not, the strangest thing happened: The world disintegrated. Reality collapsed, or my perception of it. It ripped apart like a dry skin under pressure, giving way to something I can only describe as ineffable dimensions, depths upon depths. — Stefan Emunds

It is always easier to blame gods or legends than it is to face our own mistakes. — Susan Dennard

I swear, the reason for full moons is so the gods can more clearly see the mischief they create. — Michael J. Sullivan

He had the ability to appear in the background, even if he was standing at the front of a queue. — Markus Zusak

True humility scarcely ever utters words of humility. — Saint Francis De Sales

Be very humble when you plan so that Krishna is happy with you. — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

All my writing-life people kept telling me that I should stop writing short stories and start writing novels: my agent, my Israeli publisher, my foreign ones, my bank manager - they all felt and keep feeling that I'm doing something wrong here. — Etgar Keret

Repentance is of such importance, that there is no being saved without it. — Thomas Watson

The ocean, whose essence is fluid and unresisting, is more prison than the staunchest bricks or iron bars. — Eli Brown

The guys that make game winners are
the guys that are not afraid to miss them. — John Calipari

Whales have been evolving for thirty million years. To our one million. A sperm whale's brain is seven times the size of mine ... The great size of his body has little to do with the great size of his brain, other than as a place to keep it. I have What If fantasies ... What if the catalyst or the key to understanding creation lay somewhere in the immense mind of the whale? ... Some species go for months without eating anything. Just completely idle.. So they have this incredible mental apparatus and no one has the least notion what they do with it. Lilly says that the most logical supposition, based on physiological and ecological evidence, is that they contemplate the universe ... Suppose God came back from wherever it is he's been and asked us smilingly if we'd figure it out yet. Suppose he wanted to know if it had finally occurred to us to ask the whale. And then he sort of looked around and he said, By the way, where are the whales? — Cormac McCarthy