Grillparzer Beethoven Quotes & Sayings

A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness. In fact, he creates new appearances of things. — Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

One must do one of two tings: either admit that the existing order of society is just, and then stick up for one's rights in it;or acknowledge that you are enjoying unjust privileges, as i do, and then enjoy them and be satisfied. — Leo Tolstoy

It was because he wanted there to be conspirators. It was much better to imagine men in some smoky rooms somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over the brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn't then you might have to fact the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. — Terry Pratchett

Want me to spend the night? Hey lover boy, you know I will, and my best girlfriend lives down the road, together we will thrill you. — John Mellencamp

If he only knew how often she and Eileen had discussed the benefits of Netflix on dateless weekend nights. — Kristin Billerbeck

In America, we celebrate success. We don't apologize for success. — Mitt Romney

Viviane considered herself a rational woman.She was a Virgo. She was used to solving problems , even if it meant she spent far too much time mulling things over in the bathtub. This didn't make any sense; when she tried to envision her life without Jack or his without her , all she could think about were platypuses.What was a platypus but a kind of duck with fur?The whole idea of it was ridiculous and wrong. — Leslye Walton

These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find. — Richard Louv

I made the mistake of saying I was an atheist at one point, when I was doing 'Kingdom of Heaven.' — Ridley Scott

The sun has not yet set for all time. — Livy

Live in the now and the how will take care of itself. — A.D. Posey

THE MAN IN THE WOOD — Diana Gabaldon

The reaper lacks the eyes to hold him back; — Madeleine L'Engle

We just want to walk. Our legs need to move to keep our minds from collapsing. — David Levithan