Broedelet Quotes & Sayings

It wasn't torpor that kept her - she was often restless to the point of irritability. She simply liked to feel that she was prevented from leaving, that she was needed. — Ian McEwan

God made the cat to give man the pleasure of stroking a tiger. — Joseph Mery

An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason. — Joseph McCabe

The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Omit a few of the most abstruse sciences, and mankind's study of man occupies nearly the whole field of literature. The burden of history is what man has been; of law, what he does; of physiology, what he is; of ethics, what he ought to be; of revelation, what he shall be. — George Finlayson

But now, his liberated eyes stayed on this side, he saw and became aware of the visible, sought to be at home in this world, did not search for the true essence, did not aim at a world beyond. Beautiful was this world, looking at it thus, without searching, thus simply, thus childlike — Hermann Hesse

How many hours can one person spend locked in a bathroom, looking at skin, hair, eyes. Feeling fingers, toes. And the absurdity of a belly button? — Mary E. Pearson

If you slave away every day at a job you hate and come home drained and frustrated, what is that teaching your kids? — Alexander Kjerulf

Writing. Opening a vein in your wrist with a spoon. — Ann-Marie MacDonald

Enough or not...it will have to do — Leo Tolstoy

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years. — Molly Ivins

My tongue is a scalding whiplash. I'm tired of hurting others with it, the way they have hurt me. I've always despised the practice, so once more I'll bite my words back, though the injustice served deserves each backlash of every one. — Jennifer Megan Varnadore

Dean Acheson was one of the very best and brightest of the men who ever came to Washington. — Katharine Graham