Bellenger French Quotes & Sayings

Even if times got bad, he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be happy even if the present was painful. He would allow himself dreams. — Suzanne Collins

If god does not exist, one loses nothing by believing in him anyway, while if he does exist, one stands to lose everything by not believing. — Blaise Pascal

To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and proper ends of society and Caesar. But then they became the only ends, somehow, and the only basis of law - a perversion. Inevitably, then, in seeking only them, we found only their opposites: maximum suffering and minimum security. — Walter M. Miller Jr.

I slowly dismantled the act of painting, to consider the possibility that no-thing ever really transcends its immediate environment. — Robert Irwin

I grew up listening to old soul. — Erykah Badu

I wish you could see the two cats drowsing side by side in a Victorian nursing chair, their paws, their ears, their tails complementarily adjusted, their blue eyes blinking open on a single thought of when I shall remember it's their supper time. They might have been composed by Bach for two flutes. — Sylvia Townsend Warner

An economy funded by subsidy is no economy in an ideal sense. — Tony Osborg

You know that food eases every trouble.'
Angie found herself smiling. How many times in her life had she come home from school, devastated by some social slight, only to hear Mama say, Eat something. You'll feel better ...
'I've been through two divorces. Food so doesn't help. I tried to get her to put some tequila in the basket, but you know Mama.' She leaned closer. 'I have some Zoloft in my purse if you need it. — Kristin Hannah

In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion. — Alain De Botton

Very few people chose war. They chose selfishness and the result was war. Each of us, individually and nationally, must choose: total love or total war. — David Dellinger

Human beings are often at their best when responding to immediate crises - car accidents, house fires, hurricanes. We are less effective in the face of enormous but slow-moving crises such as the loss of biodiversity or climate change ... — David Suzuki

When I'm writing there's nobody watching me. Today, it's hard to find a profession where you're not being watched! — Ruskin Bond

We have no lasting friends, no lasting enemies, only lasting interests. — Winston Churchill

Why should we leave it to Harper & Brothers and Redding & Co. to select our reading? — Henry David Thoreau

I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of control, and I like to have that kind of control. — Steve Carell