De Brabandere Quotes & Sayings

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn. — Philip Massinger

Fat people already are ashamed. It's taken care of. No further manpower needed on the shame front, thx. I am not concerned with whether or not fat people can change their bodies through self-discipline and "choices." Pretty much all of them have tried already. A couple of them have succeeded. Whatever. My question is, what if they try and try and try and still fail? What if they are still fat? What if they are fat forever? What do you do with them then? Do you really want millions of teenage girls to feel like they're trapped in unsightly lard prisons that are ruining their lives, and on top of that it's because of their own moral failure, and on top of that they are ruining America with the terribly expensive diabetes that they don't even have yet? You know what's shameful? A complete lack of empathy. — Lindy West

Smartass Disciple: What were you thinking when the truth is revealed unto you?
Master of Stupidity: I wasn't thinking. I was having sex when it came to my mind. — Toba Beta

To-day well, my Utopia, if ever I framed one, would be a land where the laws demanded that people should be vicious. Then one would be able to count at any rate on a little virtue. If no man might live with a woman in any but an irregular union, there would be at once quite a run on honest matrimony and the Law Courts would be full of desperately wicked monogamists; while if every one was expected to steal and swindle, there would soon be an extensive criminal class who respected property. — Edward Verrall Lucas

Anything I have ever done that was ultimately worthwhile, initially scare me to death! — Helen Keller

That? It's the clock striking! — Katherine Mansfield

If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves. — Sarah Gadon

I'm, like, really bad at remembering names. — Dasha Zhukova

We're just going to come out and play. We know that we're supposed to win all the games, but if we don't, we just have to take the next game and focus on what we did wrong in the game before and just try to do better at the next game. — Shaquille O'Neal

I can live in a bubble, I like not to know anything about financials. — Alice Temperley

No man can afford to express, through words or acts, that which is not in harmony with his own beliefs, and if he does so, he must pay by the loss of his ability to influence others. — Napoleon Hill

I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers. — ASAP Rocky

The word of God is a Christian's instructions for life. God speaks to us through His word, so we cannot constantly be running on empty. — Monica Johnson