Catelyn Stark Asoiaf Quotes & Sayings

to call someone an artist means that they have a sense of higher purpose beyond commerce. Not that they don't profit from their work, or promote themselves, but that the work itself has spiritual, philosophical, emotional or experiential attributes as central goals. — Scott Berkun

[T]he rule of law does more than ensure freedom from high-handed action by rulers. It ensures justice between man and man however humble the one and however powerful the other. A man with five dollars in the bank can call to account the corporation with five billion dollars in assets-and the two will be heard as equals before the law. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The natures and dispositions of men are, not without truth, distinguished from the predominance of the planets. — Francis Bacon

You each name yourself king, yet the kingdom bleeds and no one lefts a sword to defend it but my son. — George R R Martin

Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security. — Suze Orman

Wine has drowned more than the sea. — Publilius Syrus

We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously. — George R R Martin

On the other hand, permanent causes produce helplessness far into the future, and universal causes spread helplessness through all your endeavors. — Martin Seligman

He hoots as he passes. Another one whistles. I know this is stupid, inviting trouble. But it feels so good to be wanted, I can't help myself. — Kerry Cohen

Buddha has said to his disciples: Whenever you meditate, after each meditation, surrender all that you have earned out of meditation, surrender it to the universe. If you are blissful, pour it back into the universe - don't carry it as a treasure. If you are feeling very happy, share it immediately - don't become attached to it, otherwise your meditation itself will become a new process of the self. And the ultimate meditation is not a process of self. The ultimate meditation is a process of getting more and more into un-self, into non-self - it is a disappearance of the self. — Rajneesh

Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws. Their origin is pure vanity. Their result is absolutely nil. They give us, now and then, some of those luxurious sterile emotions that have a certain charm for the weak ... They are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where they have no account. — Oscar Wilde

The mere power of saving what is already in our hands must be of easy acquisition to every mind; and as the example of Lord Bacon may show that the highest intellect cannot safely neglect it, a thousand instances every day prove that the humblest may practise it with success. — Samuel Johnson

Unlike novel characters, comic book characters last an eternity. When a character is changed beyond recognition, there's no longer the merchandising aspect. — Grant Morrison