Cantus Vocal Ensemble Quotes & Sayings

Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself. — Vincent De Paul

Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself. He is humiliated by his simian ancestry, and tries to deny his animal nature, to persuade himself that he is not limited by its weaknesses nor concerned in its fate. And this impulse may be harmless, when it is genuine. But what are we to say when we see the formulas of heroic self-deception made use of by unheroic self-indulgence? — Upton Sinclair

When a kingdom rests on it, I always expect difficulty. Then, if there is none, no blame. But if there is, one is prepared. — Geraldine Brooks

The competition of social power with State power is always disadvantaged, since the State can arrange the terms of competition to suit itself, even to the point of outlawing any exercise of social power whatever in the premises; in other words, giving itself a monopoly. — Albert Jay Nock

Choices are like connecting highways. They all take you to the same place. Some just take longer to get there. — Ione Skye

Being a movie star is stressful as hell. You've got to do crunches all day long. You've got to get up and learn lines. — Thomas Lennon

~Garbage in, garbage out~ — Mireille Guiliano

Every book is an alchemical creation, and I'm thinking back to 1857 when Herman Melville arrived in Greece and saw the Parthenon for the first time sitting there like a great beached whale, its big white bones exposed to the winds. But how can this happen? How can a whale turn into a building? Or into a book? In what way can words be alive? — Laurie Anderson

Every solution has a problem. — Andy Hargreaves

I'd dismembered it in my memories. I'd disremembered it. — Rabih Alameddine

Whatever crimes this man had committed, they weren't as egregious as his inflated self-image. — Katherine McIntyre

Modern cars I don't like so much. — Amber Heard

The fact is, Japan's whaling is illegal, so just because there is a natural disaster in Japan is no reason for us to stop opposing their illegal activities in the Southern Ocean. — Paul Watson

I love early snow now, though. Especially snow that happens when you least expect it and just sprinkles down for a while. It feels like a secret. — Kate Messner

An honest design communicates solely the functions and values it offers. It does not attempt to manipulate buyers and users with promises it cannot keep. — Dieter Rams