Halbreich Associates Quotes & Sayings

Plot and melodrama were in every life; in some so briefly as hardly to be recognized, in others-in that of certain men and women in the public eye, for instance-they were almost in the nature of a continuous performance. — Gertrude Atherton

IF we desire European civilization to be a raid and a rescue, we shall insist rather that souls are in real peril than that their peril is ultimately unreal. And if we wish to exalt the outcast and the crucified, we shall rather wish to think that a veritable God was crucified, rather than a mere sage or hero. Above all, if we wish to protect the poor we shall be in favour of fixed rules and clear dogmas. The rules of a club are occasionally in favour of the poor member. The drift of a club is always in favour of the rich one. — G.K. Chesterton

I want a regular pay cheque. — Minnie Driver

You must seek to know thyself. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To start anew from Christ means being close to him, being close to Jesus. Jesus stresses the importance of this with the disciples at the Last Supper, as he prepares to give us his own greatest gift of love, his sacrifice on the cross. Jesus uses the image of the vine and the branches and says, Abide in my love, remain attached to me, as the branch is attached to the vine. If we are joined to him, then we are able to bear fruit. — Pope Francis

What will happen to me when I die is, after all, like asking what happens to my fist when I open my hand — Alan W. Watts

Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech. — Trevanian

Marrakech in May is unseasonably tagine-hot. — Hamish Bowles