Elmslie Trillat Quotes & Sayings

Life is not about reward and punishment," said Xuen. "It is about understanding, accepting who oneself is right now, in order to know what to change, and how. — Christie Golden

I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record. — Robert Falcon Scott

I miss All Stars, by the way. I was just telling people: how am I going to get by until January? — Jason Wu

When I moved to the East Village in the late seventies, I wanted to be a street performer, so I practiced daily. I never did work up the skills or the courage to perform on the street, though. — Steve Buscemi

The victory of Mr. Kostunica will be a reality. — Javier Solana

A race or nation stands so much the higher, the more perfectly its members express the pure, ideal human type ... The evolution of man through the incarnations in ever higher national and racial forms is thus a process of liberation [leading to] an ideal future. — Rudolf Steiner

The question to ask about the writer isn't 'Why does he behave so badly?' but 'What does he gain by wearing this mask? — Philip Roth

Where do you put your attention? On fear or love? I wish the choice were made just once and not repeated every moment of the day. — Sophy Burnham

Who strives always to the utmost, him can we save. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

There is but one world common for those who are awake, but when men are asleep, each turns away into a world of his own. — Heraclitus

On the pro-vaccine side - and not everyone does this, but I saw it enough for it to make me really uncomfortable - is a tendency to accuse people who are wary of vaccination of being stupid and not understanding science. — Eula Biss