Gysels Quotes & Sayings

If people want consultative government, the price is increased complexity and delay in arriving at decisions. If they want speed of government, then they must accept a greater degree of authoritarianism. I suspect that the real answer is that most people prefer the latter so long, that is, as government's decisions conform with their own views. — John James Cowperthwaite

He could see the fish and he had only to look at his hands and feel his back against the stern to know that this had truly happened and was not a dream. — Ernest Hemingway,

Ted Cruz could be president of the United States. If you thought the Secret Service was drinking before — David Letterman

It was never my desire to revolutionize fashion, to make clothes that could be in a museum. I want to create clothes that have a certain style, but I want to see them used. I want to see people enjoy the things I've made. — Marc Jacobs

She tilted her head, looking back down at Del's notes as she absently tore the crust off her pizza.
And then she reached across the table and handed it to him as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
He glanced down at the crust and then back at her; her eyes were still on his notebook as she flipped a page and began reading again, and he felt something settle in his chest. It was pathetic, but that was probably the nicest thing anyone had done for him in a long time. — Priscilla Glenn

Light is, perhaps, the most wonderful of all visible things. — Leigh Hunt

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve. — Henry David Thoreau

The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more. — D.H. Lawrence

I have sat in with the Burbank Philharmonic and the Topanga Orchestra when they need someone if someone gets sick or something. — Torrey DeVitto

Greg Kaidanov tried to get me to view his behavior as part of what makes him great - if he wouldn't get so upset about losing, he'd never maintain the level that he has. I see his point, but somehow I can't accept the idea that these sorts of verbal assaults on people are justified, no matter what their end goal is. — Irina Krush

I like boxes because of the secrets they hide. — Kate Williams

The United States has renewed our leadership in the Asia-Pacific, prime Minister Abe is leading Japan to a new role on the world stage. — Shinzo Abe