Confederacy Of Dunces Movie Quotes & Sayings

There is a way of beholding nature which is a form of prayer, a way of minding something with such clarity and aliveness that the rest of the world recedes. It ... gives the brain a small vacation. — Diane Ackerman

That which is communicated, i.e., understood, is metaphysical. The means of communication is physical. — R. Buckminster Fuller

The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart. — J.R.R. Tolkien

life is not fair and love is not enough, but it is the only thing worth pursueing — John Gorka

There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves. — Eugene Kennedy

Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high. Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin', So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry. — Ira Gershwin

I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills. — Ice Cube

I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say. — Adam Hicks

If you can't dance on it, it isn't coffee. — Nora Roberts

Given their current circumstances, things would have to be very bad indeed for Tilly to think the situation had gotten worse. Sure, they were all trapped in orbit around an alien space station that periodically changed the rules of physics and had killed a bunch of them, but now they'd decided to start shooting each other too.
Yes, very bad. — James S.A. Corey

I think you dropped something, Pipe," he said. "Uh, what?" "Your standards," he sneered. — J.L. Weil

The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. Whereas the groanings of the righteous are but short, and their jubilee and triumph shall be everlasting. — Ebenezer Erskine