Eugene Fersen Quotes & Sayings

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. — Frank Herbert

The ancient Hebrews did not write the name of God. I often wish the Christians would follow suit, as never was a word more misused in writing and speaking than the name of the Lord. — Dagobert D. Runes

I see him lying on the ground and all I feel is disgust. — Marie Lu

cursing, the delicate use of profanities, and some good basic slang to help you navigate the world of spoken German. So when a drunk harasses you in a Frankfurt bar, you'll know just how to tell him to "get lost" or "fuck off" (whichever you prefer); when a woman speaks to you of her Muschi, you'll know that she is either talking about her cat or a part of her own anatomy (you be the judge); and when the hitchhiker you picked up on the autobahn yells, Vorsicht! Bullen!, you'll know he is not warning you of cattle crossing the road but of the police. — Gertrude Besserwisser

If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize. — Muhammad Ali

Judging from the ugly and repugnant things that are sometimes in vogue, it would seem as though fashion were desirous of exhibiting its power by getting us to adopt the most atrocious things for its sake alone. — Georg Simmel

Neapolitans have always had their fast food. It's called pizza. — Luciano De Crescenzo

hands were always the worst giveaway in a pretend sleep attempt, sleeping hands being impossible to fake. — Ainslie Hogarth

It is strange to talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains. — Henry David Thoreau

The Church tries to fit Christ into it, not the Church into Christ. — Swami Vivekananda

I loved my baby dolls when I was a kid. I used to pray with them and say good night to each and every one of them because I didn't want their feelings to get hurt. I remember having that connection with my baby dolls. — Jessica Alba

These ideas could make men shout for rebellion even when it meant they would hang for it. — Alwyn Hamilton

If you ever make anything too literal you might as well forget it. It loses everything. — Gillian Wearing

It looks like the writer is telling you a story. What the writer is actually doing, however, is using words to evoke a series of micromemories from your own experience that inmix, join, and connect in your mind in an order the writer controls, so that, in effect, you have a sustained memory of something that never happened to you. — Samuel R. Delany