Franaise Quotes & Sayings

Because language and society are so closely linked, it is possible, in some cases, to encourage social change by directing attention towards linguistic reflections of aspects of society that one would like to see altered. — Peter Trudgill

The mind and the spirit can be detached from the physical body in deep meditation. Once the mind and spirit get detached from the physical body, the inner process of life becomes clear to you. — Roshan Sharma

An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries. — James Dean

I'd gone to Central America because I didn't think politics was simply a matter of opinion. It wasn't about having the right "line," having an ideologically pure analysis. It had to be incarnate. And now I was seeing the same thing with faith. It couldn't be about wrangling over the Bible to find justification for your convictions. Like politics, faith had to be about action. — Sara Miles

Young Arab men are not going to walk away from extremism because they can suddenly afford a Slurpee. They will walk away when they can devote themselves to a some call to serve a cause that connects nationalism to dignity and democracy and transcends a lifetime. — David Brooks

An actor equals, sometimes, an entitled baby. People take care of things for me, and they pay greater attention to things than I was ever capable of doing. But in the last few years, I have learned a great deal more about taking care of things. I pay my own bills now. — Christian Slater

The reason mountain climbers are tied together is to keep the sane ones from going home. — Gerhard E Frost

We only have so many faces in our pockets — Marlon Brando

Don't worry about finding your soul mate. Find yourself. — Jason Evert

During an earthquake it sometimes happens that fresh springs break out in dry places which water and quicken the land so that plants can grow. In the same way the shattering experiences of suffering can cause the living water to well up in a human heart. — Sadhu Sundar Singh

You can demand courtesy but you have to earn respect. — Lawrence Goldstone

The man persisted. "No, no, no. It was so funny. What software did you use? - apparently in the belief that the software had built-in humor generation. — David A. Price

Religion is nothing more than the study of other people's experiences with God. But true spirituality is the opportunity to have your own experience with God. — Kim Wright

The arms of his swim team sweatshirt still wrapped around the pillow on the bed - Em had said it smelled of him. — Jodi Picoult

Let love therefore be what it will, my Uncle Toby fell into it - And possibly, gentle reader, with such a temptation so wouldst thou: For never did thy eyes behold, or thy concupiscence covet, anything in this world more concupiscible than widow Wadman. — Laurence Sterne