Gannen Harst Quotes & Sayings

I have to admit that the empty prestige and the stupid glory - yes, the horrible rush, the deadly sense of importance that war brings to life - are hard illusions to shake off. Look at me, a war correspondent. — Michael Hastings

I had gotten to the point where I was either going to play the violin much better or I was going to break it over my knee. — Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

He leaned toward her father. " 'Tis true, I am a murderer, a liar, and a thief. 'Tis equally true that I will use whatever monstrous talents I possess to keep your daughter at my side. You can take Avalene to a convent at the ends of the earth and I will find her and steal her away again. I will lie to God, himself, to free her. I will protect her with my life, and I will murder anyone who threatens her. — Elizabeth Elliott

He said when you use your brain, no-one comes near you for ingenuity — Sophie Kinsella

The more the state gives to its citizens, the less they have to earn. That is the basic concept of the welfare state - you receive almost everything you need without having to earn any of it. About half of Americans now pay no federal income tax - but they receive all government benefits just as if they had paid for, i.e., earned them. — Dennis Prager

Finally, I couldn't imagine how I could live without books, and I stopped dreaming about marrying that Chinese prince ... — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If I had mastered the Spanish language to any extent, I might have gone in that direction. — Leon Redbone

Kerouac's books portray a hero and narrator free and easy, confident, sure of his rebellion against the American system. In reality, Jack was torn between Catholicism, Buddhism, and his own demon-driven pursuit of kicks, between spirit and flesh, between mom's house and the Beat coffeehouse, patriotism and subversion, men and women, society and solitude, carousing and meditation, sacred and profane, secular and divine. It's a miracle he survived as long as he did. — Gerald Nicosia

I must give you a piece of intelligence that you perhaps already know, namely that the ungodly arch-villain Voltaire has died miserably like a dog, just like a brute. That is his reward! — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage. — Harry Emerson Fosdick