Divani Quotes & Sayings

What is new about Barthes's posthumous reputation is the view of him as a writer whose books of criticism and personal musings must be admired as serious and beautiful works of the imagination. — Edmund White

If I'm going to fail, I want to fail trying. — Tiffany Hawk

This is critical to the region. Every other major city has public transportation going downtown. We have a world-class airport now, and this could be an important additional piece to the airport development. This is a significant investment and one that should be seen as a significant long-term commitment to making this a reality. — Debbie Stabenow

The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue. — Saxby Chambliss

There is one thing we are sure: For the honor of humanity, all the kings and all the queens, all the kingdoms and all the monarchies must be abolished! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I have always been interested in crafting films that use long, static urban landscape shots as a way of manipulating the emotions of the viewer and forcing them to slow down, which I think simultaneously makes them more vulnerable as spectators, and also puts them in a position of being more than just spectators. — Jenni Olson

He'd never be the kind of man she deserved, whole and strong, not physically and mentally crippled. — Miranda Liasson

Education should be a lifelong process, the formal period serving as a foundation on which life's structure may rest and rise. — Robert H. Jackson

Of course it's for you. But it's also so those little diseased children don't become dracula snacks. We need to get them safe so they can be sick and die in peace. — Blake Crouch

Couleur locale has been responsible for many hasty appreciations, and local color is not a fast color. — Vladimir Nabokov