Francis Poulenc Quotes & Sayings

Religion allows people to ignore the needs of real beings in favour of the supposed wishes of a being that does not exist. — Alom Shaha

You've not been sleeping proper," Byrd said accusingly. "I can tell. You've been a-wallowing on your pillow; your hair's a right rat's nest! — Diana Gabaldon

Trust hipsters to make even the collapse of civilization unbearably twee. — Charlie Jane Anders

I've lived in the Hamptons since 1978, when I first bought my store Barefoot Contessa. — Ina Garten

There was, she suddenly saw, many ways to be raped. — Robin Hobb

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else — Mae West

Somehow I felt that if Fox Talbot had had more time and more drawing talent, he would have filled in the interval between his two drawings and made a complete panorama. Now, 163 years later, I was able to use his great invention to elaborate on his youthful dream of capturing and fixing the fleeting image. In doing so, I may also have added another little bit to the soul of this extraordinary place. — John Pfahl

When you're a teacher, some students burst out at you immediately, most emerge gradually, and a few don't want you to see them at all. — Elizabeth Stone

Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent. — B.H. Liddell Hart

Lord Maccon asked meekly, shifting against her in a manner that ensured she realized the nibbling had affected his outsides just as much as her insides. Alexia was partly shocked, partly intrigued by the idea that as he was naked, she might actually get to see what he looked like. She had seen sketches of the nude male, of course, for purely technical purposes. She was given to wonder if werewolves were anatomically bigger in certain areas. — Gail Carriger

I think if you write music for soundtracks then sometimes you do something that you could never do if the film did not exist. — Claudio Simonetti