Quotes & Sayings About Conformity In The Scarlet Letter

I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and don't care about their immortal souls, and don't worry about the ultimate. — D.H. Lawrence

He held the flag like a banner of defiance. 'You can take our lives but you'll never take our freedom!' he screamed.

Carcer's men looked at one another, puzzled by what sounded like the most badly thought-out war cry in the history of the universe. — Terry Pratchett

I will say that Edward Norton, who plays the scout master, would be a first-rate Eagle Scout. He's got all those techniques. If your plane crashes into the jungle somewhere, he would be the guy you would want to have with you. — Wes Anderson

'Captain Fantastic' was the first album in history to enter the (American) album chart at number one. We did it for a second time after that. Now that's not a boast, that's frightening ... The process of doing it was unique because I wrote the songs in the order they were recorded, so it was written like a story. — Bernie Taupin

Besides making change in the collection plate every Sunday, Mr. Avery sat on the porch every night until nine o'clock and sneezed. — Harper Lee

In politics and rugby, one should tackle the football and not the man. — Christopher Hitchens

A Tibetan Lama said to me, "The best place to stand, Ram Dass, is halfway between hope and hopelessness." So I can write a scenario for the 21st century in either direction. One is that it all goes to hell and that it's truly the dark age. — Ram Dass

When a companion's heart of itself overflows, the best one can do is to do nothing. — Herman Melville

Sometimes the only way to leave is out the front door — Delisa J. Bracy

You like Nick a lot, don't you, Nora?" Dorothy asked.
"He's an old Greek fool, but I'm used to him."
"Charles isn't a Greek name."
"It's Charalambides," I explained. "When the old man came over, the mugg that put him through Ellis Island said Charalambides was too long ... too much trouble to write ... and whittled it down to Charles. It was all right with the old man; they could have called him X so they let him in. — Dashiell Hammett

Our relationship, our shared support, our consistency, is unrivaled by any other connection. — Sara Shandler

Dharma is another name for existence. It is existence in its purest form. — Frederick Lenz

Every game has rules. Life's a game that has its respective rules; obey the rules, win the game! — Israelmore Ayivor