Canisius College Quotes & Sayings

To write about a place, you have to live there. — Jonathan Ames

I'm somewhat socially inept. Slide me between two strangers at any light-hearted jamboree and I'll either rock awkwardly and silently on my heels, or come out with a stone-cold conversation-killer like, "This room's quite rectangular, isn't it?" I glide through the social whirl with all the elegance of a dog in high heels — Charlie Brooker

I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy. — Max Von Sydow

When Mrs. Casnoff saw us, she walked over to us. "Sophie," she said, her voice warmer than I'd ever heard it. "Happy birthday. It's good to see you."
I actually believed he meant it, which was weird. Weirder still was the smile she gave me as she said, "I was just talking with several of the guests about your decision not to go through with the Removal. We're all so pleased."
Great. Nothing better than my superpersonal decision being party chitchat.
"Well,that's probably a first for you," I tried to joke. When she just looked confused, I clarified. "Being pleased with me."
And then she completely freaked me out by laughing. Granted, it was a low, short laugh, but still. — Rachel Hawkins

The violence is the violence. I understand that we're sometimes squeamish about it, but I think that strength needs to be called on once in awhile, and sometimes that's the only thing that will work. — Greg Bryk

I can get pissed off very easily. — Richard Matheson

There are many ways to manifest, but the most effective and joyous creators all create in the space of love. — Bryant McGill

Michael is not only my friend, he's my family. — Emmanuel Lewis

Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won't leave you where you were. — Timothy Keller

Love is sweet even when what you go through is bitter. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Childhood knows what it wants - to leave childhood behind. — Jean Cocteau

The notion that Western religions are more rigid than those of Asia is overdrawn. Ours is the most permissive society history has ever known - almost the only thing that is forbidden now is to forbid - and Asian teachers and their progeny play up to this propensity by soft-pedaling Hinduism's, Buddhism's, Sufism's rules. — Huston Smith

In the South we experienced, you know, some black kids who gave us a hard time because - cause 'you talk white.' We didn't talk white. We talked fairly proper. Plus, we had a Midwestern accent, so we didn't have a Southern accent, either. So it wasn't really talking white; it was talking different. — Stuart Scott

We must rely less on spreadsheets and funding formulas and more on common sense. — Kenny Guinn