Franciscan China Leaf Pattern Quotes & Sayings

Because what we associate with the idea of love is purely chemical. It can be broken down into scientifically proven phases: it starts with a dose of testosterone and estrogen, what we would think of as 'lust,' followed by the goofy 'lovesick' phase, which is a combination of adrenaline, dopamine, and a drop in serotonin levels - which, by the way, makes our brains behave exactly like the brains of crack addicts - and ends up, if we make it through phases one and two, with 'attachment,' where the body produces oxytocin and vasopressin, which basically make us want to cuddle excessively. It's science. That's all. — Cynthia Hand

I don't think that governments should permit speculation in raw materials, because they're what the economy basically needs. — Michael Hudson

Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear. — Laozi

I do not think that one is likely to write a good biography unless one feels some sympathy with its subject ... — Iris Origo

I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one. — Gary Burton

Jack? ... No, there is very little music in the name Jack, if any at all, indeed. It does not thrill. It produces absolutely no vibrations ... I have known several Jacks, and they all, without exception, were more than usually plain. Besides, Jack is a notorious domesticity for John! And I pity any woman who is married to a man called John. She would probably never be allowed to know the entrancing pleasure of a single moment's solitude. The only really safe name is Ernest. — Oscar Wilde

To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

The talk that does not touch the world is called alaukik [that, which is beyond the world]. — Dada Bhagwan

The values that reside in art are anarchic, they are every man's loves and hates and his momentary divine revelation. — Ben Shahn

For the first time in my life I've done something for me and by choice and not because somebody told me it was good or bad. — Lauren Oliver

I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie. — Walter Matthau

The only real failure in life is one not learned from. — Anthony J. D'Angelo

The thing about religion is that it's the first and the worst. The worst because it's the first. — Christopher Hitchens

No matter which way we go, it is no better than any other. It is all the same whether you achieve something or not, have faith or not, just as it is all the same whether you cry or remain silent. — Emil Cioran

Bureaucrats sometimes do not have the correct information, while citizens and users of resources do. — Elinor Ostrom