Chistery Flying Quotes & Sayings

Ressentiment is a self-poisoning of the mind which has quite definite causes and consequences. It is a lasting mental attitude, caused by the systematic repression of certain emotions and affects which, as such are normal components of human nature. Their repression leads to the constant tendency to indulge in certain kinds of value delusions and corresponding value judgments. The emotions and affects primarily concerned are revenge, hatred, malice, envy, the impulse to detract, and spite. — Max Scheler

One afternoon, disgusted, bravo, you fall asleep. — Tim Lilburn

Whatever is, is in its causes just;
But purblind man
Sees but a part o' th' chain; the nearest link;
His eyes not carrying to that equal beam
That poises all above. — John Dryden

We'd run out of coke but not out of time. — Amanda Boyden

Hungry Hatred, will not strive against intelligence self-interest. — T. S. Eliot

Skill reaches the ceiling,
talent reaches the mountaintop,
excellence reaches the sky,
but genius reaches the stars. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Soon you will lose everything you hold most dear. — Dan Brown

By the end of my thirties I was a mental and physical wreck! — Steven Magee

I like to come to Washington, D.C., at least once a year. Why should my tax money travel more than I do? — Bob Hope

Art class was like a religious ceremony to me. I would wash my hands carefully before touching paper or pencils. The instruments of work were sacred objects to me. — Joan Miro

All men will die. All men will be called upon to pass through the veil. But only a few, only a few special men, only those who have been worthy to answer a calling from God, are given the honor to die for a cause.
And in this life, in these times, all of us will be called on to make a sacrifice. When, or in what manner that sacrifice may be required, only God knows. All we can do is wait and prepare and pray that when our time comes, we will be ready to complete the task that he gives, so that when it is over, when we have done all we could, we might look to the Lord and say the same words he said : 'I have fought my way through, I have finished the work Thou didst give me to do. — Chris Stewart

Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don't know. That's one of those words that doesn't mean anything. It's why I don't just use words. — Ben Katchor

Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound. — Jimmy Carter

My advice to you, Elsie, is go with your heart, not your head, because your head doesn't know what it wants. It only thinks about the moral high ground. And if your heart isn't happy, when you try to share it, you'll make others unhappy too. — Sarah Alexander

In my youth I hoped to do great things; now I shall be satisfied to get through without scandal. — Walter Bagehot