Betsuin Quotes & Sayings

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. — William S. Burroughs

If your religion has not changed your life, youd better change your religion. — Adrian Rogers

Poetry a riprap on the slick rock of metaphysics — Gary Snyder

There is usually less romance in marriage than in any other relationship of life. But the general idea concerning marriage is that it is all or nearly all romance. — Alice Moore Hubbard

I got so good at writing to a budget, my brain was restricting myself. I'd write, It's a stormy night. Then I'd cross out stormy. I'd write: It's a calm night. Then I'd cross out night. It's noon. Because you know how much night costs. You know how much rain costs. Nothing comes free in movies. — Albert Brooks

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Everything I do comes from the clubs. If I lose that, I'm done. — David Guetta

I like me food. I also don't like me exercising. It's something me don't do very well. But it's something I've got to get into. — Robbie Williams

We looked at each other, and I could see in those big reddened eyes that he was not going to scream. He was full of anger - and who could blame him? - but he was no fool. He needed me, and he wanted me here, if only to insult me. — Ernest Gaines

If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail. — Solon

Let each man have the wit to go his own way. — Propertius

Kenneth was a sitting duck. In fewer than three years he would kneel alone in this very room, on the exact spot where he now stood, emptying the contents of his desk into cardboard boxes from the liquor store while his gaunt bitter wife reviled him in the Goldbergs' living room and choked the Goldbergs' big brass ashtray with with unfiltered cigarette butts, and if anyone were then to ask him for the secret of a happy life, he would answer: Stasis. — Jincy Willett

It's terribly important that you can criticise people's ideas without criticising them, and if they burst into tears, it means that you tend to hold back from getting at the absolute truth. — Tim Hunt