Calyph Quotes & Sayings

Every syllable that can be struck out is pure profit, and every page that can be economised is a five-per-cent dividend. Nature rebels against this rule; the flesh is weak, and shrinks from the scissors; I groan in retrospect over the weak. — Henry Adams

As far as my New York influence, one thing I'm proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But people don't look at my music as New York music. People consider my music underground music. — Talib Kweli

How in the fucking hell did you do that?"

Calyph shrugged. "I'm an Engineer," he said simply, as if it would explain everything. — April Adams

Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within. — Adi Shankara

I am free,' he said suddenly. And his joy changed, on the spot, to a crushing sense of anguish. — Jean-Paul Sartre

Backward we traveled to reclaim the day
Before we fell, like Icarus, undone;
All we find are altars in decay
And profane words scrawled black across the sun.
From the poem "Doom of the Exiles", written 16 April 1954 — Sylvia Plath

The world is a book, and he who does not travel reads only a page. — Augustine Of Hippo

I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken. — Christopher Reeve

Whoso loves, believes in the impossible — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

If you don't choose what you want, someone make the choice for you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Most of what Hollywood puts out is crap anyway. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Inadequate nutrition can lead to terrible health consequences, both physical and emotional. — Vicki Escarra

At the behest of the criterion of authenticity, much that was once thought to make up the very fabric of culture has come to seem of little account, mere fantasy or ritual, or downright falsification. Conversely, much that culture traditionally condemned and sought to exclude is accorded a considerable moral authority by reason of the authenticity claimed for it, for example, disorder, violence, unreason. — Lionel Trilling

What is a good man if not one who does not believe in himself to the exclusion of others? ... He was asked to bear what cannot be borne--what should not be borne. I hope never to be so tested, for I have it on the best authority that I will not bear it. — Norman Lock

Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace. — Martin Luther King Jr.