Freneticas Quotes & Sayings

The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation. — James Fenton

That's what show business is, sincere insincerity. — Benny Hill

More harm is done by fools through foolishness than is done by evil-doers through wickedness. — Muhammad

When I look at asset prices; real estate, bonds, equities, vintage cars ... I think that gold is actually one of the few assets that is relatively cheap, relatively inexpensive. — Marc Faber

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. — Elihu Root

Her eyes were darkened pits of fury. She had become the spirit of vengeance itself, barely contained by human flesh. — S.M. Reine

I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing. — Mac Barnett

The problem with always being a conformist is that when you try to change the system from within, it's not you who changes the system; it's the system that will eventually change you. — Immortal Technique

When I fight off a disease bent on my cellular destruction, when I marvelously distribute energy and collect waste with astonishing alacrity even in my most seemingly fatigued moments, when I slip on ice and gyrate crazily but do not fall, when I unconsciously counter-steer my way into a sharp bicycle turn, taking advantage of physics I do not understand using a technique I am not even aware of using, when I somehow catch the dropped oranges before I know I've dropped them, when my wounds heal in my ignorance, I realize how much bigger I am than I think I am. And how much more important, nine times out of ten, those lower-level processes are to my overall well-being than the higher-level ones that tend to be the ones getting me bent out of shape or making me feel disappointed or proud. — Brian Christian

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example. — Drew Barrymore

In his] mind, there was no contradiction between "I will jump into my grave laughing," appropriate for the end of the war, and "I shall gladly hang myself in public as a warning example for all anti-Semites on this earth," which now, under vastly different circumstances, fulfilled exactly the same function of giving him a lift. — Hannah Arendt