Father Goriot Quotes & Sayings

The light of the day is followed by night, as a shadow follows a body. — Aristotle.

I actually went to see 'Rushmore,' and I came late, and I missed myself. It was great, that scene. I caught that scene the other day on TV, funny enough, the first scene that you see with Jason Schwartzman and myself, where we talk about his grades. That's a brilliant scene, and I have to say, we play it brilliantly. — Brian Cox

I honestly cannot tell whether you are the most practical women I have ever met or the most deranged."
"Why can't I be both — Marie Brennan

Now I find that in pure obedience the mind learns contentment, in appearing weak and foolish to the wisdom which is of this World; and in these lowly labors, they who stand in a low place, rightly exercised under the Cross, will find nourishment. — John Woolman

Ask any human being alive if they're the same person they were seven years ago and they're going to tell you they aren't. — Daniel Alarcon

Every moment of contact between us seems important - every glance, every touch, every word. I don't understand him, but I know him, and he knows me. It's this strange connection we share. No matter how often we fight, lie, make mistakes, I choose him and deep down, I think he chooses me, too. — Caroline George

That no matter how smart you thought you were, you are actually way less smart than that. — David Foster Wallace

Fortune tellers live in the future. So do people who want to put things off.
So do fundamentalists. — Ed Seykota

Even innocence itself has many a wile,
And will not dare to trust itself with truth,
And love is taught hypocrisy from youth. — George Gordon Byron

I am Tersa the Weaver, Tersa the Liar, Tersa the Fool. — Anne Bishop

Discipline in typography is a prime virtue. Individuality must be secured by means that are rational. Distinction needs to be won by simplicity and restraint. It is equally true that these qualities need to be infused wiht a certain spirit and vitality, or they degenerate into dullness and mediocrity. — Stanley Morison

If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance. — Twyla Tharp