Gelsia Quotes & Sayings

It is a fact that the USA corporate government routinely lies to its mass population. — Steven Magee

Such is the effect of true politeness, that it banishes all restraint and embarassment. — Fanny Burney

I would exchange every painting of Christ for one snapshot. — George Bernard Shaw

It's hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn't a book on software design. — Bruce Tognazzini

Outside of my family, I don't really know. They're great people and my parents are great parents, and they brought me up very well, I think. I don't know, I think that's about all the heroes I've had. — Robert Pattinson

What I've heard from younger women and women my age is that the albums changed their lives or it was the first time they had heard feminism that they could relate to. So that's great. — Kathleen Hanna

My mom sees her sons as baby boys. Well, I stopped being her baby boy a long time ago. — Bryant Gumbel

Approaching the Start of Civil Exams

Perhaps I was once a young Chinese scholar
approaching the start of civil exams,
my mind grown weary and sad from seclusion
with books on syntax and poetic style.

All that I knew were the mist-covered mountains
and sweet white blossoms of mountain apples
that grew in the valleys of my province.

But I had been gone over six years
busy with studies in the Heavenly City
empty and thin despite my work.

I showed my verses to an older poet
who told me a truth I longed to believe:
all knowledge is futile and barren
which does not open the love of your friends. — Jim Chapson