Cured And Cultivated Quotes & Sayings

Forget about 'Going Viral' and 'Go Give Value'. — Bernard Kelvin Clive

What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly. — Jonathan Swift

The technocracy of professional sport has managed to impose a soccer of lightning speed and brute strength: a soccer that negates joy, kills fantasy and outlaws daring. — Eduardo Galeano

When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong. — Yotam Ottolenghi

Have you ever taken a good look at the statue? Most people see the blindfold first and, well, that's an obvious reference to impartiality. It's also nonsense since everybody is partial. You can't help it. But take a look at her right hand. That's a sword. That's a kick-ass sword. That's supposed to represent swift and often brutal, even deadly punishment. But you see, only she - the system - can do that. The system, as messed up as it is, has the right to use that sword. You, my friend, do not." "Are — Harlan Coben

I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience. — Huston Smith

That was the thing about pictures
they were worth a thousand words, but sometimes they weren't the right ones. — Melissa De La Cruz

People don't want to hear about it if you're frustrated with your big career break. — Cam Gigandet

But for Soraya, words on a page were seductive, free, inviting everyone, without distinction. She could not help it when she found words written down, taking them in, following them as if they were moving and she was in a trance, tagging along. A book was something to hide, the thick enchantment of it, the shame, almost. When everyone was asleep, she would creep indoors, into stifling, badly lit rooms, with cockroaches clicking, to open a book at a page she had marked and step into its pulsating pool of words. — Leila Aboulela

As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians spoke with the same voice. — Claire Tomalin

If a problem is clearly stated, it has no further interest to the physicist. — Peter Debye

A church without a gospel-centered purpose is no longer a church at all. — Thom S. Rainer

I enjoy a misogynist so long as they have a wicked sense of humor and know, on some level, that they're pigs. This is why I enjoy Philip Roth but not Saul Bellow or James Salter. — Heidi Julavits

Leadership must come from all of us
the private, public, and civil sectors. — Eric Lowitt