Chozas Definicion Quotes & Sayings

That wild word, "Moor Eeffoc," is the motto of all effective realism; it is the masterpiece of the good realistic principle - the principle that the most fantastic thing of all is often the precise fact. — G.K. Chesterton

I didn't get my degree at NYU; I got it later, they gave me an honourary one. — Jim Jarmusch

Outside the school's walls the Swinging Sixties are in full cry, but inside them the band of Empire plays on. Twice-daily chapel services praise the school's war dead to the detriment of its living, value the white man above lesser breeds, and preach chastity to boys who can find sexual stimulation in a Times editorial. — John Le Carre

The history of doubt is not only a history of the denial of God; it is also a history of those who have grappled with the religious questions and found the possibility of other answers. — Jennifer Michael Hecht

I am beginning to feel the need of a glass of wine to fortify myself against this conversation. — Naomi Novik

Atheism is a sort of crippled mysticism, [...] Blind nature has created all that we see, as well as all that we do not see - that's a mystical notion. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

I too saw the wooden horse blocking the stars. — Derek Walcott

As the years go by, he returns to this invisible world rather than to earth for peace and solace. There also he finds a profound enchantment, although he can seldom describe it. He can discuss it with others of his kind, and because they too know and feel its power they understand. But his attempts to communicate his feelings to his wife or other earthly confidants invariable end in failure. — Ernest K. Gann

We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy

Pat Tillman (for abandoning an incredibly promising football career to give his life for his country). — Peter Boghossian

For most of us, the classic test of willpower is resisting temptation, whether the temptress is a doughnut, a cigarette, a clearance sale, or a one-night stand. When people say, "I have no willpower," what they usually mean is, "I have trouble saying no when my mouth, stomach, heart, or (fill in your anatomical part) wants to say yes. — Kelly McGonigal

What we call normal may be the psycho-pathology of the average. — Deepak Chopra

The originals are not original, but that Emersonian irony yield to the Emersonian pragmatism that the inventor knows how to borrow. — Harold Bloom

God, what is wrong with me? I've been watching too much Gossip Girl. Reading too many snarky books. Maybe I should listen to a bunch of Christian music or watch some Hannah Montana with Budge. I know, I'll view VeggieTales until the evil is purged out of me, and all the comes out of me is goodness, light, and songs about cucumbers. — Jenny B. Jones