Batchelors Beans Quotes & Sayings

I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing. — Barbara Ehrenreich

In our dreams the ageless perils, gargoyles, trials, secret helpers, and instructive figures are nightly still encountered; and in their forms we may see reflected not only the whole picture of our present case, but also the clue to what we must do to be saved. — Joseph Campbell

That macho protective bullshit is just some asshat man pissing on his territory so the other dogs will stay away. — Tammara Webber

How was it possible to hate him so much and still need him so much at the same time? — Jenny O'Connell

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives. — Stephenie Meyer

The Yiddish mentality is not haughty. It does not take victory for granted. It does not demand and command but it muddles through, sneaks by, smuggles itself amidst the powers of destruction, knowing somewhere that God's plan for Creation is still at the very beginning. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

The photos that interest me most, I can't say why I took them. I think my gift is that I still work with a certain amount of unconsciousness. — Sarah Moon

How can this come about?" Mary asked. "The Holy Spirit will come upon you," the angel answered, "and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow." And now you are the one who puts the question: "How can bread become Christ and wine His Blood?" I answer: "The power of the Holy Spirit will be at work to give us a marvel which surpasses understanding. — John Of Damascus

In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else. — Giacomo Leopardi

There are a hell of a lot of jobs that are scarier than live comedy. Like standing in the operating room when a guy's heart stops, and you're the one who has to fix it! — Jon Stewart

I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now. — Ivan Lendl

If you are an artist, may no love of wealth or fame or admiration and no fear of blame or misunderstanding make you ever paint, with pen or brush, an ideal of external life otherwise than as you see it. — Olive Schreiner

Dullness is a kind of luxury. — Bharati Mukherjee