Begemot Quotes & Sayings

There have been some terrible winters in Chicago, where it feels like I'm literally being punched in the face, and everyone walks around looking stunned like they've just witnessed a murder. — Cecily Strong

A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else. — Ambrose Bierce

How shall I touch you unless it is everywhere? — Mary Oliver

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. — George Santayana

I'd said it because I couldn't look directly at the sun and not remark that it was blinding and brilliant. — R.K. Lilley

A gentleman is not a pot. — Confucius

The universe is wired with the electricity of God, & each of us is a lamp. It doesn't matter the size or shape of the lamp; it only matters that the lamp is plugged in. With every prayer, every thought of forgiveness, every meditation, every act of love, we plug in. The more of us who plug in, to more the darkness of the world will be cast from our midst. Today, let's all increase love's wattage! — Marianne Williamson

My mother did movies from the New Wave, but I was quite shocked I didn't know much about that period. Bernado showed us film of the demonstrations of the time. — Eva Green

General, may I take a nap? General, I need a papaya! General, my claws are tired! General, look, a butterfly! SOMEBODY IS GETTING STABBED IN THE FACE IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP. — Tui T. Sutherland

If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a character actor. — Sylvester Stallone

Please don't kill me, I'm nice. — Darren Criss

I would never re-write you. You are by far my most complete and greatest novel. — Virginia Woolf

You must not build upon foundations of prayer and contemplation alone, for, unless you strive after the virtues and practice them, you will never grow to be more than dwarfs. — Teresa Of Avila