Benoist G Rard Quotes & Sayings

It was the basilica of gossip, the Vatican of inside dope. — Robert Hughes

When I hear that "Possession is the grave of love," I remember that a religion may begin with the resurrection. — F.H. Bradley

When you are able to rest naturally, merely witnessing the totality of experience, and thoughts themselves are left to arise and vanish as they will, you can recognize that consciousness is intrinsically undivided. — Sam Harris

I want the wonder back again, or I shall die. — D.H. Lawrence

Happiness is that single and glorious thing which is the very light and sun of the whole animated universe; and where she is not it were better that nothing should be. — Charles Caleb Colton

Many French people were difficult conversationalists. Asking them not only where they were originally from but what they did in life was considered rude - I suppose because many of them did nothing (many Parisians are rentiers, people who live off the rents of their properties) or because they weren't proud of their jobs, which simultaneously supported and interfered with their intellectual and artistic passions. — Edmund White

Winning an argument with your wife is like winning the war with Iraq. Once you win, you're in even more trouble. — James Carville

I was like the class clown in school so I guess I would say I did like the attention. In church I did a lot of plays, my mother made me play characters, do a lot of drama and acting, trying to become someone else. So it helped me create who I am, to create Snoop Dogg. — Snoop Dogg

I think people are surprised when I string two sentences together. But I had a fiercely academic upbringing. — Charlie Day

We all have a sense of level. It may not be based on class exactly anymore, but we still have a sense of what we're entitled to. People pick partners who are nearly their equal in looks. The pretty marry the pretty, the ugly the ugly. To the detriment of the breed. — Karen Joy Fowler

Consciousness is naturally shamanic. — Joy Manne

I have no illusions about being a genius musician. I pride myself on being a soldier, a warrior for jazz. I trained a lot of young people, and I've learned my lessons well. I'd like to keep the flame burning. — Phil Woods

In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their children; the parent-child relationship is fundamental to who you are and what you become and how you perceive yourself, and it is laden with contradictions, with tension, with anger, with love, with loathing, with angst. — Khaled Hosseini

No matter how noble the cause [...] barbaric means are never justified. — Mirriam Neal

Big Tech's nonchalance about copyright violation tramples over people like my wife and me, who strive to make a living in the great tradition of the creative realm. — Peter Lerangis