Covillon Quotes & Sayings

No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation. Because the Christians had an absolute, universal standard by which to judge not only personal morals but the state, they were counted as enemies of totalitarian Rome and were thrown to the beasts. — Francis Schaeffer

Some men say get them crying on your shoulder and you have the sheets half-unfurled already. Other fellows say get them laughing. I say get them drunk. I ordered up more Riesling ... — Stewart Hennessey

There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world's mortal insufficiency to us. — Marilynne Robinson

I'm happy to get up in the morning. — Kim Coles

There's nothing wrong with accumulating wealth, receiving recognition for your efforts, and having some power and status--what's wrong is when you think that's who you are. — Morton Shaevitz

The joy of life is not a profane type of enjoyment: it reveals the bliss of existing, of sharing in the spontaneity of life and the majesty of the world. — Mircea Eliade

So nothing will ever be written down again. Perhaps the act of writing is necessary only when nothing happens. — Kobo Abe

It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration. — Plutarch

I'm shockingly terrible at action movies. — Emma Stone

For most men friendship is a faithless harbor. — Sophocles

You love your work. God help you, you love it! And thats the curse. That's the brand on your forehead for all of them to see. You love it and they know it, and they know they have you. Do you ever look at the people in the street? Aren't you afraid of them? I am. They move past you and they wear hats and they carry bundles. But that's not the substance of them. The substance of them is hatred for any man who loves his work. That's the only kind they fear. I don't know why — Ayn Rand

The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things. — Bill Vaughan