Dubrunfaut La Quotes & Sayings

Thought is metaphoric, and proceeds by comparison, and the metaphors of language derive therefrom. — I. A. Richards

In truth, knowledge is a great and very useful quality; those who despise it give evidence enough of their stupidity. Yet I do not set its value at that extreme measure that some attribute to it, such as the philosopher Herillus, who find in it the sovereign good and think it has the power to make us wise and happy. — Michel De Montaigne

For me, embalming was a form of meditation; it brought a sense of peace that I had never found in any other aspect of my life. I loved the stillness of it, the quietness. The bodies never moved or yelled; they never fought or left. The dead simply lay there, at peace with the world, and let me do whatever I needed to do. I was in control of myself. — Dan Wells

I think most of the time when people have big disagreements and big misunderstandings, when time lessens that blow it creates a deeper understanding for both people. — Amos Lee

There are some individuals who look at graphic novels as 'canon,' and they cannot change in any way, shape or form, and that's what makes them in some ways good fans. — John Ridley

Sarcasm: It Beats Choking People to Death. — Dana Marie Bell

Let us not esteem worldly prosperity or adversity as things real or of any moment, but let us live elsewhere, and raise all our attention to Heaven; esteeming sin as the only true evil, and nothing truly good, but virtue which unites us to God. — Gregory Of Nazianzus

Call me a schoolmarm, but few things make me angrier than people not taking good care of library materials. — Tim Gunn

I don't tell people I'm white anymore - I'm albino-Cambodian. — Christopher Titus

I'm not one of those guys who wants to die on a stage. — Don Rickles