Brunsting Perry Quotes & Sayings

It is a misconception that the innocent sleep well. The worse a man is, the more profound his slumber; for if he had a conscience, he would not be a villain. When — Elizabeth Peters

My film (Black Venus) had been very emotionally draining and difficult because I had identified so much with the lead character, Saartjie Baartman. — Abdellatif Kechiche

True Excellence requires a worthy dream, a good Idea of how to realize it and the courage to risk failure to achieve it. — William J. Clinton

He had the feeling that everything he saw was a broken-off piece of some giant blank thing that he had forgotten had happened to him. — Flannery O'Connor

The best American is one who considers themselves as a citizen of the world. — Chuck D

The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself: and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own object ...
If by this inquiry into the nature of the understanding, I can discover the powers thereof; how far they reach; to what things they are in any degree proportionate; and where they fail us, I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities. — John Locke