D Mente Quotes & Sayings

'Animal Kingdom' is a significant comet, and it's cast a tail. It's very hard to see anything post that happening without that. — Ben Mendelsohn

If I love you more, will you suffer less? — Elie Wiesel

Probably the greatest single obstacle to the progress and happiness of the American people lies in the willingness of so many men to invest their time and money in multiplying competitive industries instead of opening up new fields, and putting their money into lines of industry and development that are needed. — John D. Rockefeller

Neither Britain, a land fertile in tyrants, nor the people of Ireland, knew Moses and the prophets. — St. Jerome

Fire tests gold. In this fire we will be tested, and we will shine out. — Cassandra Clare

It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on. — Al Yankovic

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught. — Sri Aurobindo

She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. — Toni Morrison

Confucius himself taught that the more laws a society has, the less people will obey them and that societies that depend on laws to control the behavior of their citizens will eventually self-destruct. — Boye Lafayette De Mente

How can one be a woman and not be a feminist? That's my question. — Debbie Harry

A brown composition, which looked like diluted pincushions without the covers, and was called porridge. — Charles Dickens

The Chinese are not programmed to make decisions quickly, and attempts to force them to do so, wittingly or unwittingly, invariably backfire. Instead, they view things from all angles, over and over again, and while doing so make judgments about the sincerity and trustworthiness of the people they are dealing with. The more impatience Westerners demonstrate, the less trustworthy they are judged to be. — Mente, Boye Lafayette De

I was in a movie with Angelina Jolie called 'Life Or Something Like It' where I played her fiance, and I have a song in there. — Christian Kane

He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends.
[Lat., Qui salubrem locum negligit, mente est captus atque ad agnatos et gentiles deducendus.] — Marcus Terentius Varro

Elinor Lipman tweets like a nightingale with an eagle eye. — Cathleen Schine