Finefrock Westlake Quotes & Sayings

The world is full of alluring, flashy and thrilling experiences, which are illusionary traps - they are paths to nowhere. — Bryant McGill

We view the world very much as peasants in the countryside have for millennia. they've alsways said that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, meaning palace intrigues and imperial threats have no impact on their lives. — Lisa See

The Ukrainians don't have the military means to stand up to Russia, but we haven't helped them militarily, either. — Wesley Clark

One repressive state after another has had to face the dilemma of wanting abundant Internet for economic advancement, while ruing the ways in which its citizens can become empowered to express themselves fearlessly. — Jonathan Zittrain

Oh save your nagging for your husband, I'm going out. I have things to do before I go to New York. — Evelyn Smith

Knowledge is a wealth that cannot be stolen; it will grow when you try to give it away. — Debasish Mridha

I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders. — Kurt Cobain

Subtle or bold, The Weird acknowledges that our search for understanding about worlds beyond our own cannot always be found in science or religion and thus becomes an alternative path for exploration of the numinous. — Jeff VanderMeer

Metaphysics abstracts the mind from the senses, and the poetic faculty must submerge the whole mind in the senses. Metaphysics soars up to universals, and the poetic faculty must plunge deep into particulars. — Giambattista Vico

I suppose Hinduism comes closest to being a nature religion. Rivers, rocks, trees, plants, animals and birds, all play their part, both in mythology and in everyday worship. This harmony is most evident in these remote places, where gods and mountains co-exist. Tungnath, as yet unspoilt by a materialistic society, exerts its magic on all who come here with open mind and heart. — Ruskin Bond

Some people choose to be wrong just to say they were always right... — Miguel Reynolds Brandao

Often we'd secretly like to do the very things we discipline ourselves against. Isn't that true? Well, here in the movies I can be as mean, as wicked as I want to - and all without hurting anybody. — Claude Rains

Did the
two of you marry again? Please tell me yes. If he is my brother-in-law again, he is less likely
to kill me for what I did."
Bryony looked at her a moment, then leaned in and whispered in her ear. "He won't kill
you. He just wants you committed to an asylum. — Sherry Thomas

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. — John Sterling

Everything we encounter in life is an opportunity to choose God and in turn become more like Him in the process. Quick contentment fixes are corner cutters; when we cut the corner and cut the process, we miss what God wants to do. — Joshua Stannard