Cynsations Quotes & Sayings

Normally, we don't consider the audience in the genius equation. We assume that they are merely the passive recipients of the gifts that the genius bestows. They are much more than that, though. They are the appreciators of genius, and as art critic Clive Bell said, "The essential characteristic of a highly civilized society is not that it is creative but that it is appreciative." By that measure, Vienna was the most highly civilized society to grace the planet. Mozart — Eric Weiner

What's wrong?"
I didn't say a word."
Something's up. What is it?"
Nothing."
His head turned, gaze going to mine. "Yeah?"
Yes."
A snort and he returned to his bowl ... — Kelley Armstrong

The wrecks of slavery are fast growing a fungus crop of sentiment. — William Dean Howells

I am always there.
But they don't care if I am
because I am furniture.
I don't get hit
I don't get fondled
I don't get love
because I am furniture
Suits me fine. — Thalia Chaltas

If you've been banging your head against a brick wall, wipe the blood off, take a couple of pain killers and try it from another angle. Failing that, use the door. — Andy Love

When I was younger, bands helped me connect to part of my humanity; bands that had nothing to do with anything political helped to form me. There's a correlation in that: If people can connect to music, maybe they can connect to each other. — Win Butler

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else. — Alphonse Karr

In Adam we became identified with guilt, fear, and shame. In Christ we are now identified with forgiveness, confidence, and honor. — Timothy C. Tennent

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. — Queen Elizabeth II

I know. I was there. I saw the great void in your soul, and you saw mine. — Sebastian Faulks

It is much better to be drawn by the joys of heaven, than driven by the sorrows of earth. — Charles Henry Mackintosh