Beyle Quotes & Sayings

Many were starting to use computerized synthesizers & drum machines to produce an entirely new style of music. It was being punted by the critics that the guitar was old hat; I was reminded of the way my father & his clarinets were written off in the late Fifties. — Pete Townshend

The artist is a vessel for creativity. He has the key to the door of a very special place, which he can open at will. He doesn't paint but is painted through. — Thomas J. Katz

I'm being unjustly maligned! — Richard D. Meyer

It's fine, Coach," Andrew said, catching up to them. He touched Neil's back on his way by, fingers light enough to give Neil goose bumps, but didn't slow on his way to Kevin's side. — Nora Sakavic

If you are stupid enough to cheat, then definitely dumb enough to get caught. — Aman Jassal

I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. — Jon Landau

Beyle's advice is not to purchase engravings of fine views and prospects seen on one's travels, since before very long they will displace our memories completly, ideed one might say they destroy them. — W.G. Sebald

Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment. — Charles Lamb

I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. — Benjamin Franklin

To write a book is to risk being shot at in public. — Stendhal

I listen to people talking sometimes, that great river that is language, with all its undercurrents of grammar and nuance, and I wonder how we all learn so quickly to speak it, given that we begin when we are barely old enough to stand upright. I have no memory of finding it hard. Indeed, I have no memory of it at all. — Sarah Dunant

Whoever has the desire to pursue philosophy correctly should look to Nature's Archetype in every matter, so that by taking up Ariadne's thread in her intricate labyrinth he may keep himself safe and secure from wrong turns and deviant paths. — Athanasius Kircher

We need to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our efforts to build peace and development than a world divided along religious, ethnic or cultural lines. In each nation, and among all nations, we must work to promote unity based on our shared humanity. — Kofi Annan

One must flee those places where life throbs and seek out lonely spots untouched by human hand in order to lift the magic veil of nature — Guido Von List

A jealous lover lights his torch from the firebrand of the fiend. — Edmund Burke

He that serves God is resigned up into him, and in all things has respect to truth and righteousness, and will promote that. — Jakob Bohme

We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others. — Lois Lowry