Framing Famous Quotes & Sayings

I am a born novelist, which does not happen all that often. There are people who try to write for a certain time, then they become Ministers of Culture under de Gaulle, and they begin living their own fictions. — Gore Vidal

Metaphor is not just the detection of patterns; it is the creation of patterns. — James Geary

The best proof of love is trust — Joyce Brothers

Being with her was like being backstage during an amateurish, ridiculous play. — Nathanael West

Fathers must always be giving if they would be happy themselves; always giving - they would not be fathers else. — Honore De Balzac

You can tell that the capitalist system is in trouble when people start talking about capitalism. — Terry Eagleton

Wars are begun by frightened men. — Tom Clancy

I am really high maintenance and won't walk through the microwave that fries your body. I always request a pat down [in airport]. — Michelle Visage

The science of the modern school ... is in effect ... the acquisition of imperfectly analyzed misstatements about entrails, elements, and electricity ... — George Herbert

Whence did the wond'rous mystic art arise, / Of painting SPEECH, and speaking to the eyes? / That we by tracing magic lines are taught, / How to embody, and to colour THOUGHT? — Marshall McLuhan

There is no foreign land; it is the traveller only that is foreign. — Robert Louis Stevenson

That man alone loves himself rightly who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence and so pursues pleasure as not to give for it more than it is worth. — Benjamin Franklin

Monastery you can't retire it's forever, there isn't music, films, parties and other crazy stuff. It's about spiritual life... It becomes harder and harder! — Deyth Banger

You've remained on the battleground, center stage, experiencing life and, what's more important, experiencing yourself experiencing it. You haven't been reduced to a logistical strategy for somebody else's life-war. — Tom Robbins