Gaspiller Quotes & Sayings

Citizens, regardless of their political inclinations, carry a devout sense of their shared culture and its temperament - and, having contributed to it all their lives, hold decent and reasonable hopes for its continued integrity. — Michael Leunig

I'm not as pessimistic as what a number of people seem to believe. — Thomas Piketty

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough. — Hal Higdon

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive. — Thomas Mann

Functionally, a man is somewhat like a bicycle. A bicycle maintains its poise and equilibrium only so long as it's moving forward towards something. — Maxwell Maltz

What does Mrs Preston want to go abroad for?' asked Mr Leslie.

'I think her doctor wanted her to, Father,' said Agnes.

'Doctors!' said Mr Leslie, wiping the whole of the Royal College of Physicians off the face of the world with this withering remark. — Angela Thirkell

Having a child keeps you very grounded. So when I decided to have a child, I made it clear to the people I work with that my job was no longer my priority. — Carolyn Murphy

I feel Amazon is really bringing films into the future. So for me it was the best of both worlds. — Nicolas Winding Refn

Ironically, as some people become harder, they use softer words to describe dark deeds. This, too, is part of being sedated by secularism. Needless abortion, for instance, is a "reproductive health procedure, ... " "Illegitimacy" gives way to the wholly sanitized words "non-marital birth" or "alternative parenting." — Neal A. Maxwell

I'm comfortable with who I am," I say, which is a funny thing to say while shaming my own body in a full-length mirror. "Shut — Matthew Norman

Relative terms do not make for relative truths. All truth values are absolute in their own context, because all statements either correspond to reality or they do not. — Douglas Beaumont

We shared a sympathetic look, mutually marveling that kids who commit grown-up crimes still have their little-boy sweet tooth. — Lionel Shriver