Banbury Place Quotes & Sayings

Human beings are mercifully so constituted as to be able to conceal from themselves what they intend to do until they are well into the doing of it. — Rebecca West

The so-called Beat Generation was a whole bunch of people, of all different nationalities, who came to the conclusion that society sucked. — John Clellon Holmes

But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about. — Luther Allison

Have you ever wondered how nostalgia isnt what it used to be? — Jasper Fforde

I'm in a wonderful position: I'm unknown, I'm underrated, and there's nowhere to go but up. — Pete Du Pont

We have seen the death of Republicanism, of special privilege and national boodle. — Clyde Brion Davis

Conceit and arrogance are acquired states of mind. Conquer acquired states of mind, and basic sanity can unfold. Passion and willfulness are part of false consciousness; erase false consciousness, and true consciousness will appear. — Zicheng Hong

Because all the waters of the ocean won't fill a bucket with a hole in it.

And that's their fall, and that's their fellowship. Desire. The hole in the bucket: the gulf of yearning into which the soul empties itself. — Mike Carey

I've just come back from Vegas, and I was in on the caucus process. It's insane. What a mess. And also with these particular candidates who are running, so many times I said, "I just wish Kurt [Vonnegut] were alive." This is like something he would be writing. This is just crazy stuff. I would love to hear his take on it. — Susan Sarandon

If the positive innovations connect exponentially before the massive breakdowns reinforce one another, the system can re-pattern itself to a higher order of consciousness and freedom without the predicted economic, environmental, and social collapse ... If the system could go either way, a slight intervention to assist the convergence of the positive can tip the scales of evolution in favor of the enhancement of life on Earth. — Barbara Marx Hubbard