Flambard Williams Quotes & Sayings

From my perspective, music allows me to escape from the world of what is happening right in front of me ... to the world of my thoughts, my dreams, my hopes and ideas - for the world, for my own life, for the day, even for the moment. — Danielle De Niese

Consider what effects that might conceivably have practical bearings you conceive the objects of your conception to have. Then, your conception of those effects is the whole of your conception of the object. — Charles Sanders Peirce

Secular Humanism is opposed to other religions; it actively rejects, excludes, and attempts to eliminate traditional theism from meaningful participation in the American culture. — Harvey Cox

It may be a superhuman effort to lose oneself so completely, but that's nothing compared to the effort of getting oneself back again — Donna Tartt

Critics who perceive the first level of Mann's irony recognize that the second voice is giving us reasons to be dubious about various aspects of Aschenbach's life and work. But many of them don't appreciate the second level of irony, the one exemplified in setting this narrative voice alongside the more sympathetic one, and inviting us to choose. — Philip Kitcher

Prayer, the basic exercise of the spirit, must be actively practiced in our private lives. The neglected soul of the human being must be made strong enough to assert itself once more. For if the power of prayer is again released and used in the lives of common men and women; if the spirit declares its aims clearly and boldly, there is yet hope that our prayers for a better world will be answered. — Alexis Carrel

Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here. — Isaac Watts

Glenn is going to bring a couple of sumo costumes down so we might have a dust-up in the technical area, that should make good TV — Stuart Pearce

Every time I get mad, I grab my hammer and make a bookshelf or something. — Anthony Mackie

I was still more concerned (a preference which you may be far from resenting) to strike a blow for Epicurus, that great man whose holiness and divinity of nature were not shams, who alone had and imparted true insight into the good, and who brought deliverance to all that consorted with him. — Lucian Of Samosata

I'm Beatrice. You were my first kiss, I fell asleep in your arms in your precious orchard. -Julia — Sylvain Reynard

If a witch needs something, another witch will give it to her. If there is war to be fought, we don't consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not it is right to fight. Nor do we have any notion of honor. An insult to a bear is a deadly thing. To us ... inconceivable. How could you insult a witch? What would it matter if you did? — Philip Pullman

The war against terror is like a war against dandruff. It's a metaphor. It's not about anything. — Gore Vidal

The other view is of the official United States, the United States of armies and interventions. The United States that in 1953 overthrew the nationalist government of Mossadegh in Iran and brought back the shah. — Edward Said