Glgeneratemipmap Quotes & Sayings

I see the awakening of consciousness as a series of spaced flashes, with the intervals between them gradually diminishing until bright blocks of perception are formed, affording memory and a slippery hold. — Vladimir Nabokov

Excessive suffering brings with it a kind of dull insensibility and stupor.... — Emile Gaboriau

Galleries in the West have probably been looking for exoticism. That's the reason my paintings initially sold well, I think. And then once they started selling, people said my works were very detailed. They may have represented something Japanese to them. — Takashi Murakami

I realize that many Christians have not been praying because they have not accepted the reality of war in which we find ourselves. There is a spiritual war mode that we must appropriate. It is an aggressive stance that we take against evil. It is governed by love for people, but it is fearless and uncompromising with the powers of darkness that manipulate people to fulfill evil plans. — Francis Frangipane

Men like you enjoy being flattered. — Ilona Andrews

History is an omlette. THe eggs are already broken. — Orson Scott Card

I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society. — Alexis Korner

It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how to use it, learn to work in it and express new values in it. — Tahar Ben Jelloun

In her book The Reluctant Entertainer, Sandy Coughlin writes, "Excellence is working toward an attainable goal that benefits everyone, while perfection comes from a place of great need - usually the need to avoid criticism and gain praise and approval from others. — Myquillyn Smith

It is hard to dispute the evidence that we are a race defined to a significant degree by our pettiness, by how vicious our desire is to keep track, to compare, to win. — Christine Sneed

Whenever you define who you are, you limit yourself to what you may potentially be. — Ralph Smart