Correspondencias Baudelaire Quotes & Sayings

It's amazing what the possiblity of romance can do to you. I'm self-conscious now in ways I never was before. — Deb Baker

It's not free - Somebody had to pay for it! — Angelo N. Dallas

Men live by embedding themselves in ongoing systems of illusion. Religion. Patriotism. Economics. Fashion. That sort of thing. — Tom Robbins

As though one's life were a series of galleries in which all the portraits of any one period had a marked family likeness, the same (so to speak) tonality - this early Swann abounding in leisure, fragrant with the scent of the great chestnut-tree, of baskets of raspberries and of a sprig of tarragon. — Marcel Proust

About the time I turned 50, I experienced the profound biological change that often accompanies women at that age. Also, I put two kids in college and lost both of my parents, so I'm no longer somebody's daughter. — Jane Pauley

Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue. — Baruch Spinoza

I'm not the first or the last
to stand on a hillock,
watching the man she married
prove to the world
he's a total, utter, absolute, Grade A pillock.

- Mrs Icarus — Carol Ann Duffy

I routinely watched Dallas, like no one I had encountered before or since, wipe clean people's vision of who God was, what his Son did and why, and what the Holy Spirit wishes to do in and through his church and then replace it with an all-consuming, hope-filled, grace-empowered, joy-seeking, love-giving gospel of God's boundless goodness and power. All the while he never manipulated emotions, overcame people's will, or used fear as a motivator. — Dallas Willard

Let your need draw you closer to your Creator. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In societies no less than individuals, acknowledging our limitations may ultimately be more humane than denying them. — Steven Pinker

There is always some distortion in the re-telling of any story. — Marty Rubin

I will give away at least half my wealth during my lifetime and after my death. In the meantime, I'll continue to grow my wealth as much as possible so that the amount I bequeath to charities and worthy causes can be as substantial as possible. — John Caudwell

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process. — Art Alexakis

My mother began to go crazy. Not in a 'Let's paint the kitchen red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwhich, I am God' sort of way. — Augusten Burroughs

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own. — William Penn