Biblical Pretenders Quotes & Sayings

I am convinced that boredom is one of the greatest tortures. If I were to imagine Hell, it would be the place where you were continually bored. — Erich Fromm

She did it without thinking--At that moment she was pure Gilly again: red-haired, with fury for blood, perfect aim, and nothing to lose. — Tiffany Baker

The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles. — Kabir Bedi

Because what she disliked in men was not their eroticism, but their assumption that women had none. Which left women with nothing to be but housemaids. — Marian Engel

Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He is a sellout and a fink and a heretic, because writing is a holy chore. — Harlan Ellison

The body is thus not simply an 'entity', but is experienced as a practical mode of coping with external situations and events. — Anthony Giddens

A university is not a political party, and an education is not an indoctrination. — David Horowitz

Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air! — Tom Lehrer

In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets. — Statius

I'll tell you," she says, getting up. "I just need a drink. You want one?"
"Now?" Libby makes a face. "It's only midday."
"It's five o'clock somewhere in the world. — Rebecca James

Your home should be about enriching the daily experience. — Kevin McCloud

We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors. — Oliver Goldsmith

I've been doing transcendental meditation every day on the road, and it's one of the best things I've ever done. — Santigold

When I was in Auschwitz, I kept asking, why am I here, what did I do wrong? What did my grandfather do wrong? And a young American man, he put me in the right knowledge. You didn't do anything wrong, he said, the world did something wrong, terribly wrong. This young man, he went to Budapest in the beginning of it all, and he saved Jews, he gave out passports of Sweden, and because the Hungarians didn't know how to read Swedish, this was how my father was saved. And thousands of others too, with these pieces of paper. I am here to tell you that one man can make a difference, and that man can be you, any of you ... — Alice Lok Cahana