Bathien2ip Quotes & Sayings

We can't take pleasure in a work of art, not in good conscience, without accepting the implicit intention of the artist to please us. — Michael Chabon

Aaron Persky who is the judge who really I think it's fair to say there is a mob seeking to recall him because of what's perceived as a too-lenient sentence in a sexual assault case. — Dahlia Lithwick

Someone could be amazing at what they do, but if you don't like them, why bother hiring them? — Chip Conley

Rationally considered, nothing can be more absurd than the baptism of infants under any circumstances. No statement, no matter by whom it may be said to have been uttered, can make that true which is radically false. If an innocent child, unconscious of good or evil, irresponsible to God and man, incapable of thought or action, is not already, in accordance with Christian theology, a member of Christ, then no vicarious promise or priestly ablution can make him one. For if this were so, a similar ceremony under devil worship could make him a member of Satan. — Tennessee Celeste Claflin

I am a girl ready to explode into nothing. — Nina LaCour

fan for ages - I even had her calendars in my office. Rose finally decided her style was, "as Elven as a mere Human is going to get" and signed off. — Bryan Fields

It is said that life is too short, and that's quite true, unless you are lonely. Loneliness can bring time to its knees; an absolute and utter standstill. — Jonathan Hull

Till it has loved, no man or woman can become itself. — Emily Dickinson

For me there's always a line or two in a script, when you hit it you almost decide to do the whole movie off a line or two. You almost do it for the fun of getting to say a line or two like that. I don't have any specific plans, you know. I mean, if Seth Rogen calls with a great buddy pic, I'll be there. — Edward Norton

... economists recognize that, other things equal, cuts in tax rates reduce tax revenues in percentage terms by less than the tax-rate reductions. Similarly, tax-rate increases do not raise tax revenues by as much in percentage terms as the tax-rate increases. This is true because changes in marginal tax rates alter taxpayer behavior and thus affect taxable income. — Campbell R. McConnell

It was a symbol of what Ruskin had done for Proust, and what all books might do for their readers, namely bring back to life, from the deadness caused by habit and inattention, valuable yet neglected aspects of experience. — Alain De Botton

Bike. Got the old girl out of — Marie Force