Bellocq Storyville Quotes & Sayings

War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull. — Mark Twain

When it comes to making decisions, I will come down on the side of Nebraska every time. If I have to choose between the White House and the farmhouse, I choose the farmhouse. — Ben Nelson

Here's what I haven't told you: Once before, in — Jodi Picoult

The whole slacker generation totally didn't apply to us musically. — Dave Grohl

You don't often see fight scenes with people who have no idea how to fight. — Seth Rogen

I was thinking of love,' I replied in a tone of reproach, 'and here you are talking to me again - forever - about torture!'
'Doubtless! since it's the same thing - — Octave Mirbeau

I'm trying to do something that is real. What I mean is this; my sense of being in the world starts with a physical relationship with my surroundings, their weight, texture, density, transparency, and so forth ... — Andrew Forge

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. — Kahlil Gibran

Silence - people are afraid of it - they feel the need to make small talk, anything, just to break the stillness. I don't feel any such need. To me, silence brings about peace and certitude. — Henry Martin

If any task is yet another brick set in the construction of my own monument, it is in all likelihood a brick confiscated from someone else's monument. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The world believes it was built by love but reading Shah Jahan's own words on the Taj, one could say it was grief that built the Taj Mahal and it was sorrow that saw it through sixteen years till completion. — Aysha Taryam