Fervente Quotes & Sayings

All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. — Wislawa Szymborska

Judgment is guilt wearing a moral mask to disguise its pain. — Deepak Chopra

Some might call it manipulation, but I like to consider it simply using what God gave me. And the word manipulation is so ugly. It's what people say to disavow their own choices. If they end up never regretting their decision, does that mean that no one has manipulated them? — M.E. Thomas

Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of me And it starts from the heart til it reaches my outer me — Criss Jami

The Abominable Snowman has arrived," he said to Milo. "If I'm not as clean as most abominable snowmen are, it is because I was kidnapped as a child from the slopes of Mount Everest, and taken as a slave to a bordello in Rio de Janeiro, where I have been cleaning the unspeakably filthy toilets for the past fifty years. A visitor to our whipping room there screamed in a transport of agony and ecstasy that there was to be an arts festival in Midland City. I escaped down a rope of sheets taken from a reeking hamper. I have come to Midland City to have myself acknowledged, before I die, as the great artist I believe myself to be. — Kurt Vonnegut

We can distract ourselves with pleasure for only so long before beginning to wonder what the point is. — Jeff Goins

We believe that business is the engine that drives the car. You've got to build your business base. That means creating more jobs, better paying jobs - that's how you raise your standard of living. That's how you raise your quality of life. That's what funds all the other services people want from government. — John Hoeven

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. — Henri Frederic Amiel

You're getting rid of the things that people used to think were essential to art. But that reduction is only incidental. I object to the whole reduction idea ... if my work is reductionist it's because it doesn't have the elements that people thought should be there. But it has other elements I like. — Donald Judd

The stronger ties between primary care providers and the patients they serve will produce better outcomes and allow for more sustainable healthcare spending. — Tony Tan

Oh, for shame! Nancy, have you never seen Florrie's face in a chrysanthemum, or a rose?'
'Never.' I said. 'Though there was a flounder for sale on a fishmonger's barrow, in Whitechapel yesterday, and the likeness was quite uncanny. I very nearly brought it home ... — Sarah Waters

It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid. — Tahir Shah

Never leave an enemy standing. — Shaka

I bought a backscrabber. One more reason to have no need for a relationship. — Martijn Benders

Don't whine, complain, or make excuses. — John Wooden