Beautiful Bastard Series Quotes & Sayings

There's no such thing as other people's children. — Hillary Clinton

However exquisite the contours or the colours of clouds, trees, rivers or hills, may be in themselves, they must be sacrificed if they do not conform with the general plan. — Walter J. Phillips

With more than half the population now checking their account balances more often as a direct result of the downturn, and with more of us comparing prices in virtually every market, it is natural to turn budget management into a skill, an accomplishment, a badge of lifestyle success. — Joe Staton

When you find peace within, you also find that you can do without. This means simply that you no longer need the things of your outside world, and not needing is a great freedom. — Neale Donald Walsch

People plan, God laughs, or something like that. — Nicholas Sparks

I do listen to other music though, and try to pick up what is good. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

It took me a while to realize--but thankfully realized before it was too late--that a fancy house, car, and cable television don't bring much happiness if you're dead. If you're at the weight that I was--or close to it--and you put your love of food and laziness ahead of the love of your family, you're being selfish. Nothing else you've ever done will matter if your family is left alone with that fancy house, car, and cable television when you're gone. It's one thing to leave this world unexpectedly in some tragic accident, but it's stupid and selfish when you're packing your bags every time you sit at the dinner table. — Shawn Weeks

Mostly what you lose with time, in memory, is the specificity of things, their exact sequence. It all runs together, becomes a watery soup. Portmanteau days, imploded years. Like a bad actor, memory always goes for effect, abjuring motivation, consistency, good sense. — James Sallis

Spiritual truth should never be sold - those who sell it injure themselves spiritually. — Peace Pilgrim

Others live for the lie of love; Echo lives for her lovely lies, loves for their livening. — John Barth

Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. — Ben Nelson

I am a sort of vampire, taking the blood of other people. — Karl Lagerfeld

When I write a book, characters come to life for me somewhere at the back of my head. I strive to make them flesh and blood in an abstract way, in words. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Here is the faithful night, the cool night which I called for amid the noise of lights, drink and the tumult of desire. — Albert Camus