Beaudelaires Quotes & Sayings

Canadian cities looked the way American cities did on television. — William Gibson

And the person I really wanted to you meet,' he whispered as he pointed to the guitarist, 'is Finn'.
Finn was older. He had a beard, for one thing. Strawberry-colored and shaggy. He wore a wool cap over his strawberry hair. His guitar was covered in stickers and his fingers were filled with silver rings. — Dana Reinhardt

The rule of law does not do away with the unequal distribution of wealth and power, but reinforces that inequality with the authority of law. It allocates wealth and poverty in such calculated and indirect ways as to leave the victim bewildered. — Howard Zinn

My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II. — Leonardo DiCaprio

I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. — Desiderius Erasmus

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness. — Lupe Fiasco

Anyone who discounts you is a dumbass," I muttered as the golf cart jerked forward.
"And are you a dumbass?" the Pigeon inquired as she peeked under the tarp.
"Absolutely not ... I'm a smartass. — Robyn Peterman

Every ISP is being attacked, maliciously both from in the United States and outside of the United States, by those who want to invade people's privacy. But more importantly they want to take control of computers, they want to hack them, they want to steal information. — Darrell Issa

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness. — Samuel Beckett

How have those in power led armies to kill people they don't know for centuries, always at the risk of their lives? By telling them God wants them to do it. By telling them that the country is depending on them. — Sean Platt

Find beauty in the madness. — A.D. Posey

I have the best job in the world. I wake up every morning energized at the thought of running Rio de Janeiro, the most exciting city on the planet. — Eduardo Paes

When I first started acting, and we would all sit down and talk about Shakespeare and how great it was. I thought well, I suppose it is. — Judy Davis

When I was 12 years old, or however old I was when Bringing It All Back Home came out, I'd just skip back and forth endlessly between 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' and 'It's Alright, Ma' and 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' and now my Dylan roots are showing big time. — Rodney Crowell

It dawned on them that unlike Aunt Josephine, who had lived up in that house, sad and alone, the three children had one another for comfort and support over the course of their miserable lives. And while this did not make them feel entirely safe, or entirely happy, it made them feel appreciative.
They leaned up against one another appreciatively, and small smiles appeared on their damp and anxious faces. They had each other. I'm not sure that "The Beaudelaires had each other" is the moral of this story, but to the three siblings it was enough. To have each other in the midst of their unfortunate lives felt like having a sailboat in the middle of a hurricane, and to the Beaudelaire orphans this felt very fortunate indeed. — Lemony Snicket

Oh, popular applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms?
The wisest and the best feel urgent need
Of all their caution in thy gentlest gales;
But swell'd into a gust
who then, alas!
With all his canvas set, and inexpert,
And therefore, heedless, can withstand thy power? — William Cowper