Fauntleroys Quotes & Sayings

The world passed through Mecca, but did not stay long enough to interfere. Arabs were able to develop their own ideology and could interpret the knowledge and expertise of their more sophisticated neighbors as they chose. They were not pressured to convert to an alien religion or conform to official orthodoxy. The closed circle of both the trade cycle and the hajj rituals symbolized their proud self-sufficiency, which, as the years passed, would become a mark of their urban culture. — Karen Armstrong

You can't acquire a voice. Either you have it, or you don't. — Lauren Bacall

Almost every pearl on sale today was born of the planned sexual violation of a small creature, and that considerable suffering hangs on those necklace strings. — Victoria Finlay

For me, L.A. was, and is, a very creative place to be. — Joe Perry

One theory is that we will make war look so attractive that we undermine the deterrent. That's Never Never Land. What we have now would have been enough to deter Hitler. But we are talking in a different order of reality. — Henry A. Kissinger

Unknown guests, with invincible and worldly carousers, and it became necessary — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

To argue against any breach of liberty from the ill use that may be made of it, is to argue against liberty itself, since all is capable of being abused. — George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

When you get so tired that you realize you cannot generate righteousness, come on back and I'll tell you about a gift. — Jeff VanVonderen

I'm the one usually wearing the dress, which is what I would've preferred, but they wouldn't let me. It's been 15 years since I did that and my ass isn't as good as it used to be. — David Duchovny

Did I ever tell you my pet peeve?'
No,' I said.
People who dress up their pets to look like Little Lord Fauntleroys or cowboys, clowns, ballerinas. As if it's not enough just to be a dog or cat or turtle. — Jerry Spinelli

Everything was chocolate ice cream and kisses and wind. — Francesca Lia Block

You will pay on earth for everything you've done, even to the last laugh. — Fe Acosta De Gonzalez

Everyone must be given something he can grasp and recognize as his own idea. — Pliny The Younger

Temptation is necessary to make us realize that we are nothing in ourselves. — Josemaria Escriva

Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. p. 374 — Brandon Mull