Bogue Quotes & Sayings

Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot. — Baal Shem Tov

Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living. — Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

If the butterfly wings its way to the sweet light that attracts it, it's only becasue it doesn't know that the fire can consume it. — Giordano Bruno

There she stood, very pale and quiet, with her large grave eyes observing everything, - up to every present circumstance, however small. They could not understand how her heart was aching all the time, with a heavy pressure that no sighs could lift off or relieve, and how constant exertion for her perceptive faculties was the only way to keep herself from crying out with pain. — Elizabeth Gaskell

When the Constitution declares that 'all men are created equal,' it is not referring to intelligence, good looks, good humor, height, weight, or income. It is talking about certain rights, 'inalienable', in that they cannot be taken away. — Elisabeth Elliot

The first ape who became a man thus committed treason against his own kind. — Mikhail Turovsky

I wouldn't call myself an atheist. I neither deny nor accept that there is a God. So I do not laugh at people who believe in God. But I do not necessarily believe in God - nor deny that there could be one. — Lee Kuan Yew

The late Dr. [David] Bogue is reported to have one day said to some of his students, "Do you suppose that people have nothing to do but to listen to your emptiness by the hour?"-William Jay — George Redford

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. — Napoleon Bonaparte

President Obama just made his first presidential trip to the state of Utah. Obama spent his time in Utah just like you'd expect - telling people, 'Uh, no, I don't play for the Jazz.' — Jimmy Fallon

To understand is difficult; to act is easy. — Sun Yat-sen

Be selfish, be unreasonable, and don't worry about it. We're girls, so we are allowed. Being a girl is a privilege, and we should take full advantage of that fact. We have the right and the duty to act as we please. But a boy who makes a girl cry is worthless and he brings shame into the romance and makes it untrue. — CLAMP

God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected. — Nicolas Malebranche

Writing responds well to some gentle scheduling. A day job not only promotes solvency, it promotes creativity as well. — Julia Cameron