Belhassen Quotes & Sayings

I suppose that, for most of us, the fascination of conjoined twins is that such people can serve as symbols. — Darin Strauss

I feel guilty because for a long time I didn't allow myself a television, and I used to drop that fact in conversation to impress people. I thought it made me sound dignified. A couple of years ago, however, I visited a church in the suburbs and there was this blowhard preacher talking about how television rots your brain. He said that when we are watching television our minds are working no harder than when we are sleeping. I thought that sounded heavenly. I bought one that afternoon. — Donald Miller

I go to see plays all the time, and whenever I see Chekhov, I'm amazed at how this Russian play strikes home to me living 100 years later in New York City. I'm drawn to him because of his way with characters and their relationships with each other. — Neil Simon

Actually, no, because awards don't spark sales as much as you'd think. — Chantal Kreviazuk

The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid. — Daniel Day-Lewis

The testosterone in here is so thick I can taste it - and it tastes like shit. — Nicole Jacquelyn

Considering that knowledge of the chemical as well as the optical principles of photography was fairly widespread following Schulze's experiment (in 1725) ... the circumstance that photography was not invented earlier remains the greatest mystery in its history ... It had apparently never occurred to any of the multitude of artists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries who were in the habit of using the camera obscura to try to fix its image permanently. — Helmut Gernsheim

The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying 'this is mine', and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I've had a couple of long relationships. And I've had a couple of shorter relationships. — Calista Flockhart

The only way the past can drag you back is if you choose to bring it with you into the present. — Marianne Williamson

May we understand that joy is not a sin, sacrifice is not a virtue. — Paulo Coelho

In reality, Eduardo hoped the mask would make him appear vulnerable and self conscious, like a wounded animal these stupid women would fight each other over to mend. — Raquel Cepeda

Europe needs to develop a sense of collective history - we need to write books from a European perspective, to teach it in schools as well. — Bernard-Henri Levy

Lipstick comes in phallic-shaped tubes. With just a breath of imagination, it feels as if you are holding a miniature penis, rubbing the head over your half-opened lips before squeezing down to spread the oily soft blush evenly over every curve and into every corner. — Chloe Thurlow