Brocque Quotes & Sayings

Charles Fillmore has observed (in conversation) that English appears to have two contradictory organizations of time. In the first, the future is in front and the past is behind: In the weeks ahead of us . . . (future) That's all behind us now. (past) In the second, the future is behind and the past is in front: In the following weeks . . . (future) In the preceding weeks . . . (past) This appears to be a contradiction in the metaphorical organization of time. Moreover, the apparently contradictory metaphors can mix with no ill effect, as in We're looking ahead to the following weeks. Here it appears that ahead organizes the future in front, while following organizes it behind. — George Lakoff

Don't question what you don't understand unless you're asking questions seeking to understand. — Rob Liano

If you have beautiful knees, show your knees. I'm not a puritan. I love skin. — Francisco Costa

To receive one thing with gratitude is to give ten things in return. — Sri Chinmoy

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic. — Joseph Stalin

I think this is a moment where Donald Trump recognized the Republican establishment was much weaker, the party leaders were much weaker than they thought they were in terms of being able to dictate any outcomes. — Ben Domenech

Think What You Do When You Run in Debt: You Give to Another Power over Your Liberty — Benjamin Franklin

Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang. — Doris Day

When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films. — Wallace Shawn

A certain kind of seriousness in a girl could cancel out looks — Alice Munro

I can understand why Christians call us heretics. But most important, who will God call a heretic? From God's point of view, my revelation is deeply orthodox. — Sun Myung Moon

Like you got two lives. And which one's real? Which one's actually the life your living? — Kate Tempest

The fact that something is written down is persuasive to people not used to asking questions like: 'Who wrote it, and when?' 'How did they know what to write?' 'Did they, in their time, really mean what we, in our time, understand them to be saying?' 'Were they unbiased observers, or did they have an agenda that coloured their writing? — Richard Dawkins