Gaspings Quotes & Sayings

Knowing there is no cavalry is much better than hoping for a cavalry that never comes. I am strong because I have to be. I am the cavalry. (314) — Monica Holloway

I love the creation of these things - I love the sculpting, I love the coloring. Half the joy is fabricating the world, the creatures. — Guillermo Del Toro

Wealth is not a material gain, but a state of mind. — Jerry Gillies

No more to say, and nothing to weep for — Allen Ginsberg

One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride. — Bernard Malamud

Conscience is the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body. Is it astonishing that often these two languages contradict each other, and then to which must we listen? Too often reason deceives us; we have only too much acquired the right of refusing to listen to it; but conscience never deceives us; it is the true guide of man; it is to man what instinct is to the body; which follows it, obeys nature, and never is afraid of going astray. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I covet honour in the same way as a miser covets gold. — Hans Christian Andersen

Here the narrator bursts into explosion after explosion of thunderous horse-laughter, repeating that nub from time to time through his gaspings and shriekings and suffocatings. — Mark Twain

Once you uncover the history of this pattern and trace its roots, you will see that your reaction in the present moment is really a reaction from the past, a shadow character's attempt to protect you from reexperiencing an old emotional wound, which instead sabotages you in the present. — Connie Zweig

Business owners are like joggers. If you stop a jogger, he goes on running on the spot. If you drag an owner away from his business, he goes on running on the spot, pawing the ground, talking business. He never stops hurtling onwards, making decisions and executing them. — Jean Baudrillard

PSA62.9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. — Anonymous

The attitude of the Church was not as dogmatic as is often assumed. Interpretations of Bible passages had been revised in the light of scientific research before. Everyone regarded the earth as spherical and as freely floating in space though the Bible tells a different story. — Paul Feyerabend

On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do. — Zachary Levi

My parents were from New England. It's very funny, but when I grew up, you always had to say, 'Yes, ma'am' and 'Yes, sir.' — Cy Twombly

Also she signed away the right to self-destruct years ago. The fine print on the birth certificate, her friends call it. — Jenny Offill

People like me might be small in stature, but they can also act. — Jyoti Amge