Barthes Semiotic Quotes & Sayings

Blind luck, to arrive in the world with your properly formed parts in the right place, to be born to parents who were loving, not cruel, or to escape, by geographical or social accident, war or poverty. And therefore to find it so much easier to be virtuous. For a while, the case had left her numb, caring less, feeling less, going about her business, telling no one. But she became squeamish about bodies, barely able to look at her own or Jack's without feeling repelled. How was she to talk about this? Hardly plausible, to have told him that at this stage of a legal career, this one case among so many others, its sadness, its visceral — Ian McEwan

As I was researching, I was struck by how similar the Boxers were to Joan of Arc. Joan was basically a French Boxer. She was a poor teenager who wanted to do something about the foreign aggressors invading her homeland. — Gene Luen Yang

The greatest grace is the sacred life of a fulfilled dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any. — George Santayana

I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage. — Lisa Marie Presley

They had nothing to eat but Ryan's food, and they ate little of that because it was so dry, but it seemed to sustain them. Their greatest worry was water. Though they drank only a little each day, Westerly's flask was empty and the bottle in Cally's pack now only half-full.
"I wish I was a camel," Cally said.
Westerly said, "I wouldn't want
to spend this much time with a girl who looked like a camel."
She tried to laugh, but her tongue felt thick in her mouth, and her mind full of hopelessness. "When this is gone, we shall just die of thirst."
"We'll be out of the dunes by then," Westerly said encouragingly. But he knew that the mountains, though nearer now on the hazy horizon, were far more than a day's walk away. — Susan Cooper

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort. — Morgan Freeman

There are many miles to go before we get this done ... But I have a feeling that ... we're going to have a big bipartisan vote for this in the end. My sense is that people are more optimistic than they've been in 20 years about addressing this problem. — Michael Bennet

Compassion doesn't mean that you have to love that person who's so difficult. But if you stop and look deeper, you'll see that person's difficulties. If you can accept him, then you can love him. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Problems between countries always exist, especially between such big countries as Russia and the United States. There have always been some issues, but I don't think we should go to extremes. — Vladimir Putin

It will create an excitement that will sweep the country like wildflowers — Samuel Goldwyn

With 48 million subscribers through Xbox Live (silver and gold), Microsoft has a bigger audience than DirecTV. — Nancy Tellem

My work is has always been very, very personal. — Tift Merritt

Human beings appear to be the eternal natural bridge between the tangible and the intangible. — Anna Mancini