Cyrus Beene Quotes & Sayings

I'm quite a confident person in many ways, but there's only so much you can hear about being compared to Hattie Jacques. For the record, she was a comedy goddess, but she was 25 stone. I hope I'm right in saying I'm not in any way nearly 25 stone. — Miranda Hart

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived. — Robert Trout

What teachings of Scripture do you still mainly follow out of dutiful habit, not with an eye toward honoring God or being used as a blessing to others? What has your legalistic adherence gained for you, and what has it cost you? — John F. MacArthur Jr.

If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go. — John Bartholomew Gough

I fantasise about what the future could be in terms of aesthetic and psychology. It's the most difficult thing to do because you have to start from the past - your favourite architect, your favourite song - you take it all with you. — Raf Simons

Grieving needs space, and it needs so much time. And it needs to be done; it cannot be trodden round or not looked in the eye. — Susan Fletcher

Learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm. — Laozi

There are days when I feel I have been able to grasp all there is to know in one single gaze, as if invisible branches suddenly spring out of nowhere, weaving together all the disparate strands of my reading
and then suddenly the meaning escapes, the essence evaporates, and no matter how often I reread the same lines, they seem to flee ever further with each subsequent reading ... — Muriel Barbery