Demythologising Quotes & Sayings

I am dead because I lack desire,
I lack desire because I think I possess.
I think I possess because I do not try to give.
In trying to give, you see that you have nothing;Seeing that you have nothing, you try to give of yourself;
Trying to give of yourself, you see that you are nothing:Seeing that you are nothing, you desire to become;
In desiring to become, you begin to live. — Rene Daumal

I have terrible panic attacks. I usually get so tired from crying and being in pain that my only way out is sleeping. — Soko

I grabbed my mom and I went to the couch and I said, 'Mom I want to ask Jesus to come into my heart.' And I got on my knee and I asked Jesus to come into my heart, forgive me of my sins, and make me a child of God. — Tim Tebow

Impossible is my specialty. — Marissa Meyer

Thought assists memory in enabling it to order the material it has assembled. So that in a systematically ordered memory every idea is individually followed by all conclusions it entails. — Jan Potocki

Rather than spend millions getting film stars, I am quite happy to be brand ambassador myself. — Vijay Mallya

When I was 16, I knew I was gay. I loved a lot. But I lived as a straight guy, because there are people in my town who don't understand my story. I never told. I never wanted to show what was inside my heart. — Domenico Dolce

I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal. — Loung Ung

A film is like a mad arranged marriage, with all these people who don't necessarily want to be with each other forced into this intimate, exhausting process. — Jason Flemyng

Make every day count ... Even when you think it's the worst day of your life; for you never know when it'll be your last. — Solange Nicole

But you can't very well lug an encyclopedia around hotels. Fortunately, I did have my flask. — Elizabeth Savage

History, well taught, is the demythologising of the past ... Take any important issue of our time - Northern Ireland, Nuclear Disarmament, Race, The Welfare State, South Africa - and it becomes impossible to seriously confront any of them without understanding their historical background. — Alan Bullock

Life is one game where people don't play fair. — Mary Monroe