H Nfeld Quotes & Sayings

The church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously. And each would have been horrified to think it was a different facet of the same thing. But surely they were both intended to accomplish the same thing: the singing, the devotion, the poetry of the churches took a man out of his bleakness for a time, and so did the brothels. — John Steinbeck

If you find yourself perplexed, or perhaps in a quandary, remember that human growth is perpendicular. We grow up and we grow forward, we just have to keep on growing steadily in both ways. — John Rzeznik

Don't go on holiday to Blackpool, it's fucking horrible there. — Denise Mina

You don't have to pray to attract great things, because great things are attracted to you already. Pray that you won't throw them away once they get here. — Marianne Williamson

Opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling is bad public policy that has no place in the budget process,. The Budget Committee needs to leave drilling in the Arctic Refuge behind and focus on crafting this year's budget package. — Russ Feingold

Critical in this process of wisdom being passed down is that you also need to take it in; you need to listen to it. — Andrew Zuckerman

I didn't marry. I didn't have children. I followed the food supply for jobs. I kept writing at night. And that kept me moving. It kept my life disruptive. It broke up many relationships. Was it worth it? Yes. — Sandra Cisneros

Of course, Mr B. proceeded to stipulate, you must look at both sides of the question. It is hard to lay down any hard and fast rules as to right and wrong but room for improvement all round there certainly is though every country, they say, our own distressful included, has the government it deserves. But with a little goodwill all round. It's all very fine to boast of mutual superiority but what about mutual equality. I resent violence and intolerance in any shape or form. It never reaches anything or stops anything. A revolution must come on the due instalments plan. It's a patent absurdity on the face of it to hate people because they live round the corner and speak another vernacular, in the next house so to speak. — James Joyce

Predition is risky, especially of the future. — Niels Bohr

Do not be duped by little duties. Do not be a chore man all your days. — Henry Miller

More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union. — Alexander Haig