Guerdoned Quotes & Sayings

The Mutakallemim ... apply the term non-existence only to absolute non-existence, and not to absence of properties. A property and the absence of that property are considered by them as two opposites, they treat, e.g. , blindness and sight, death and life, in the same way as heat and cold. Therefore they say, without any qualification, non-existence does not require any agent, an agent is required when something is produced. — Maimonides

My dogs.
Bill Blass, after being asked "Who or what is the greatest love of your life?" by Vanity Fair magazine — Bill Blass

I was born too late to have any temptation with communism, or at least Soviet-type communism. Travelling in Eastern Europe and the ex-Soviet Union, you clearly don't want to defend a system that would have empty shops and a totalitarian regime and internal passports. — Thomas Piketty

Please do not lose the ability to dream — Pope Francis

I'm lucky I'm a comedian, 'cause otherwise my life would just be a series of undocumented low points. — Kyle Kinane

I learned American Sign Language in college and seemed to pick it up rather quickly. I really love to sign and wish that I had more friends to sign with. — Candace Kita

If you are like most people, then like most people, you don't know you're like most people. — Daniel M. Gilbert

You don't want to help the young too much,it will just weaken them and they'll only resent it. — Mark Tobey

The other problem is that she hasn't arrived."
"Oh, yeah? And who is she?"
"Well, she is a remarkable, funny, classy woman who can say the word fuck without being trashy. She makes me laugh, is ambitious, loves me because I'm nice, not in spite of it, and is as nice in return. She is simply enchanting."
"Shooting for the stars there, aren't you, pal?"
"Shouldn't we all?"
I didn't know anymore, although I utterly envied his romanticism. — Megan Karasch