Existencialistas Quotes & Sayings

The cows were all running around their pen in manic terror. — Naomi Novik

I believe that on any trip to heaven, there are always detours
through hell. — Richard Finney

I called my mom, and I was so excited. I was telling her, 'I'm going to be on the Grand Ole Opry! This is crazy!' And she told me, 'Watch out for Jimmy Dickens, because he likes the pretty girls. — Carrie Underwood

In two years, there were 22 military coups d'etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d'etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path. — Ahmed Ben Bella

What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do. — Tom Peters

The wind kind of pushed the penis toward my mouth first." "OH MY GOSH, FAYE!" "I know! I know! This is why people shouldn't go out on windy days. The penises are on rampage on the windy days." "I cannot believe you right now. He's like twice your age." "What can I say? I have daddy issues." "What are you talking about? Your dad's amazing," I said. — Brittainy C. Cherry

And what has come to prevail in democracies is the very reverse of beneficial, in those, that is, which are regarded as the most democratically run. The reason for this lies in the failure properly to define liberty. For there are two marks by which democracy is thought to be defined: "sovereignty of the majority" and "liberty." "Just" is equated with what is equal, and the decision of the majority as to what is equal is regarded as sovereign; and liberty is seen in terms of doing what one wants. — Aristotle.

The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women. — Swami Vivekananda

which is to say, stand with the philosopher, or else with the mob!" - EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.15.13 W — Ryan Holiday

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats. — Paulo Coelho

The female in his carriage didn't say a word, merely turned and stare at him with doelike brown eyes.
Was she too afraid to speak? — Karen Ranney

If private-equity firms are as good at remaking companies as they claim, they don't need tax loopholes to make money. — James Surowiecki

Some things are best left alone. Such as interfering in things which are beyond our powers. — Jimmy Sangster

Chess is a test of wills. — Paul Keres

He catches the thieves that lie in the hearts of their pure and respectable wives. And he compares them to the purity in the heart of a whore in a brothel. — Saadat Hasan Manto