Doppelter Regenbogen Quotes & Sayings

I want to stay in touch with what I have in common with my subjects, with the places where are equally implicated with whatever is wrong with the culture. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

She had a vague idea that "decadent" had something to do with not opening the curtains all day. — Terry Pratchett

The only way the devil really exists in my opinion ... is in interactions with people who don't walk the walk and talk the talk; people who act one way, or talk one way and then do another. Those are the deals with the devil. I don't see the devil as somebody who is a horned, goateed guy with a fork in his hand that's there to continuously stab me and send my soul to hell. I don't see it that way at all. — Nicolas Cage

Physical. In other words, we are understanding one thing in terms of something else of the same kind. But in conventional metaphor, we are understanding one thing in terms of something else of a different kind. In "Inflation has gone up," for example, we understand inflation (which is abstract) in terms of a physical substance, and we understand an increase of inflation (which is also abstract) in terms of a physical orientation (up). The only difference is whether our projection involves the same kinds of things or different kinds of things. — George Lakoff

I like an otter. I like a sea lion. I like a walrus. That's my favorite version of a sea creature. — Nick Kroll

Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy. — Henry Kissinger

Why do these big old country houses always have family portraits in the dining room? Do you really want to eat with someone's gloomy great-grandfather looking down on you? — Elizabeth Jane Howard

At dawn, after a summary court martial, Arcadio was shot against the wall of the cemetery. In the last two hours of his life he did not manage to understand why the fear that had tormented him since childhood had disappeared. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

If you care about what you do, you don't want to let people down. — Michael Learned

My music is a mix of everything, mostly my own life. I just write about things that mean something and that I can write about. There's no point in pretending. — Imelda May

"No" is just a moment in time. — Brian Grazer

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is that of the borrowers, not to say a word of the purloiners — Isaac D'Israeli

The bisy larke, messager of day. — Geoffrey Chaucer

Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the better the love of Thee is, the greedier it is; for neither by reason is it restrained, nor by dread thronged, nor by doom tempted. — Richard Rolle

He is also a keen cook, gardener and birder. He has no middle fingers on one hand, so he can't swear but is permanently doing the heavy metal sign. — Alan Partridge