Elysians Quotes & Sayings

428. - We easily forgive in our friends those faults we do not perceive. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement. — Benjamin Disraeli

No literature can ever soothe the hearts of those who have lost their loved ones. — Viraj J. Mahajan

'Hollywood maids' are so idiotic. They grin at everything. I told Norman Lear I didn't want to play a maid because of that 'hee-hee/grin-grin' attitude, and he said, 'Who said I wanted that?' He told me he wanted two strong women that are the black and white of the same coin. I said, 'Oh, well - in that case, I'll be right there!' — Esther Rolle

I was living in Evanston, Illinois and I was taking theater classes down the street, and our theater school was kind of affiliated with an agency, and so I went on one audition for whatever that movie was, 'My Stepmother is an Alien' or whatever it was, and 'Roseanne' was my second audition. — Lecy Goranson

Who controls the past controls the future. — George Orwell

I am waiting for the war to be fought
which will make the world safe for anarchy — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Don't blame Perl. It's the same as in C. IEEE says we have to do this. — Anonymous

It is more than love, barely less than madness. It's never close enough. — C.J. Carlyon

Knowing God is the condition for the sanctification of a human being by God's assistance and according to His intention. Wherever God is, there He is always creating ... He wants to create a new human being. To need God is to become new. And to know God is the crucial thing. — Soren Kierkegaard

Though the structures and patterns of mathematics reflect the structure of, and resonate in, the human mind every bit as much as do the structures and patterns of music, human beings have developed no mathematical equivalent to a pair of ears. Mathematics can only be "seen" with the "eyes of the mind". It is as if we had no sense of hearing, so that only someone able to sight read music would be able to appreciate its patterns and harmonies. — Keith Devlin

School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned. I teach school and win awards doing it. I should know. — John Taylor Gatto

In L.A., I called every scrap yard and surplus place that was listed, about 50 or 60 places, and only at one of them did the owner get intrigued and let me go around the yard to find stuff. Because the insurance regulations are such that you can't go into the places anymore. — Z'EV

My work is basically images set to my particular voice. It's the way the images rhyme and the rhythm. It's a way of economical storytelling for me. — Frances Stark

Your desires and true beliefs have a way of playing blind man's bluff. You must corner the inner facts. — David Seabury

Of course I have a sly plan. I am a Merit, after all. — Chloe Neill