Bellony Quotes & Sayings

Throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s, federal mandatory minimum laws were implemented that forced judges to deliver sentences far lengthier than they would have if allowed to use their own discretion. The result has been decades of damage, particularly to young people. — Rand Paul

I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death. — Alison Bechdel

If you wish to know how libertarians regard the State and any of its acts, simply think of the State as a criminal band, and all of the libertarian attitudes will logically fall into place. — Murray Rothbard

Art is the signature of man. — G.K. Chesterton

Rambunctious and delinquent dogs become angelic when sitting. — Ian Dunbar

I think people take the word 'feminist' really seriously, and I think people are scared to use that word. — Rita Ora

New York is like America with the volume turned up to 10. — Rocky Carroll

Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today. — Herbie Hancock

Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno? — Pete Rose

Giovanni's behavior had changed dramatically since he had opened that crate. He felt haunted. [After meeting the portrait of Botticelli's Bastard] — Stephen Maitland-Lewis

...you have to bear witness to your dead. You simply have to. You have to step into their energy field of whatever remains of their spirit, their soul, their essence and let it pass through your body. And in the passing, maybe a wisp of it adheres to you, grafts itself to your cells. And in this communion, the dead continue to live. Or strive to. — Dennis Lehane

Nothing is more valuable to people than health care, and by paying, they feel less like beggars and more like 'customers' who can and should demand quality care. — Muhammad Yunus

I recovered from recovering so no longer celebrate not doing bad things to defend myself as good. I added new bad for good measure. — Brian Spellman

I'm really easy to get along with once you see it my way. — Stephen Hawking