Bhaktivedanta Vedabase Quotes & Sayings

Stars and shadows ain't good to see by. — Mark Twain

God does not refuse to make himself known to man. He only will not do it by the symbolism of matter. He comes to us at once by the most natural course. We are in a transient state; our bodies are accidental, and God comes to us by that which is higher and truer
the intuitions of the soul. — Henry Ward Beecher

There are some men who are masters of cities but slaves to women. — Democritus

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics. — Francois Hollande

As I age, I realize that now is yesterday's later, and that later is a bad plan. — Stephen Guise

I would say that I'm a feminist theorist before I'm a queer theorist or a gay and lesbian theorist. — Judith Butler

Into the air, and what seemed corporal Melted as breath into the wind. Would they had stayed. — Anonymous

Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield!
Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain. Exalted reason,
Resplendent daughter of the head divine,
Wise foundress of the system of the world,
Guide of the stars, who are thou then, if thou,
Bound to the tail of folly's uncurb'd steed,
Must, vainly shrieking, with the drunken crowd,
Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss. — Friedrich Schiller

How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands? — Mahalia Jackson

Equal in law is not equal in nature. — Greg Bear

The Cockney accent was almost impenetrable. *Nothing* was "nuffin," and aitches were dropped from and attached to the wrong words, and some of the vowels seemed to have arrived from another planet. — Loretta Chase

With public figures involved in a relationship it seems that there is a machine behind their love so oftentimes. — Joaquin Phoenix

What's wrong?" "Nothing. I just wish there was a way to bottle your laugh. I'd wear it on a chain around my neck. That way, I could listen to it anytime. — Tess Oliver