Flahertys Webster Quotes & Sayings

We cheat ourselves in order to enjoy a calm conscience without possessing virtue. — Lambert Of Maastricht

The night in Lonsdale Square was cold, dark, and clear. There were two policemen in the square. When he got out of his car, they pretended not to notice him. They were on short patrol, watching the street near the flat for a hundred yards in each direction, and he could hear their footsteps even when he was indoors. He realized, in that footstep-haunted space, that he no longer understood his life, or what it might become, and he thought, for the second time that day, that there might not be very much more of life to understand. — Salman Rushdie

Can a recovering alcoholic and a nun be happy together? Stay tuned. — Danielle Steel

The great pyramid is overrated. It's a bad design. The lounge is going to be huge, but the bedroom is going to be tiny. — Karl Pilkington

I stand morally opposed to killing: war, executions, killing of the old and demented, the killing of children, unborn and born. . . . I believe that all of life is sacred and must be protected, especially in the vulnerable stages at the beginning of life and its end. — Helen Prejean

Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations. — Ralph Fiennes

Every fictional character is real, they just inherit a different world. — Daniel Schwabauer

We must distinguish between spirituality in general terms, which aims to make us better people, and religion. Adopting a religion remains optional, but becoming a better human being is essential. — Matthieu Ricard

I wanted to paint a picture,
in indelible print, across
the canvass of my heart. — Suman Pokhrel

He shifts so that I can see him better, then draws an "x" over his heart. I raise a brow, and he lifts two fingers in a Boy Scout salute. I hold back a laugh, and he holds up his pinkie finger. "Shall we pinkie swear ? — J. Kenner

For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. — William Shakespeare