Dionysiaques Quotes & Sayings

My heart to my mother, my cock to the whores, my head to the hangman. — Jean Genet

Our lives our guided by that general conception of the course of things which has been created by society for social purposes. — William Kingdon Clifford

You know what family values means, that's hating the same people your grandfather hated. — Robert Anton Wilson

I think that the people that say we will never develop computer intelligence - they merely prove that some biological systems don't have much intelligence. — Arthur C. Clarke

If I wouldn't offend my religion or God, why would I want to offend an audience because in effect those people are being watched over by the same person. — Tim Conway

Don't forget the real business of the war is buying and selling. The murdering and the violence are self-policing, and can be entrusted to non-professionals. — Thomas Pynchon

People can hurt you,
but you can still love.
People can betray you,
but you can still trust.
People can put you down,
but you can still rise.
People can oppose you,
but you can still prevail. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Our tendency is to be strong, self-sufficient, and dependent on our own willpower, but rather than try harder, we should reach out to the God who is all-powerful ... — John Townsend

It is not in the shallow physical imitation of men that women will assert first their equality and later their superiority, but in the awakening of the intellect of women. — Nikola Tesla

Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release. — Georg Simmel

If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all much depends upon the people who are governed. — Benjamin Franklin

Mr. Rush slapped Drew on the back of the head. "You pay attention, Morrow. There'll be hell to pay if you hurt my drum major. I'll have Clayton Porridge out in the middle of the football field, doing the cancan."
"The cancan is surprisingly difficult," Barry said. "It takes a lot more coordination than Clayton Porridge has."
Mr. Rush gave Barry the brain-melting stare.
Barry shrank. "I know this because I played Little League baseball with Clayton Porridge."
Mr. Rush kept staring.
"Sir," Barry added. — Jennifer Echols