Herlander Coimbras Birthplace Quotes & Sayings

Eccentricities of genius. — Charles Dickens

My lord, it is Patroclus, he is dead, his armour taken.. Hector is to blame.' There was a chilling silence, then a sudden intake of breath. Then a cry, low rising, increasing, then torn out of him, turned out of the depth of Hades... For Achilles, the only word 'Patroclus. — Byrne Fone

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival. — Noam Chomsky

In all "benedictions", be they expressing plea or thanksgiving, we affirm that God is the "source" of every bounty we enjoy and of every favour we seek. — Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

Be your own gods. Go home and tell other people this: the secret of God is that he's in the fucking mirror. — 19

I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident. — Grace Jones

The power of the artform is stronger than stone, the poet says, and chooses the sonnet, a form concerned with argument and persuasion, to say so. This sonnet, he says, will last longer than any gravestone-and you'll be made shinier, brighter, by it. In this form it will-and therefore you will-avoid destruction by war, history, time generally; it'll even keep you alive after death; in fact it'll form a place for you to live, not die, where you'll be seen in the eyes of and the context of this love right to the end of time. — Ali Smith

Would I drown saving him? — Ellen Hopkins

I think that cheap music often does make you dream more than more serious music, whether that's serious music by Beethoven or Miles Davis or Pink Floyd ... if the Floyd ever did serious music, which I seriously doubt. — Jonathan Meades

Art is a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God. — Francis Schaeffer

the features that made the Church of the Holy Sepulcher different from any cathedral he had ever visited. For under the ornate dome of the rotunda, surrounded by massive marble columns, was a self-contained rectangular building, modest in proportions, with a fancy onion-domed cupola. "The Edicule," Neti said, drawing their attention. "That's where the tomb is. That's where we're going." They set the equipment and Grail box down on the marble floor. — Glenn Cooper

I've always loved adventure stories that involve brilliant kids using their brains to beat systems that seem unbeatable. — Ben Mezrich

I pretty much came out of the womb singing. I think I sang all the time. — Jodi Benson

I should fancy, however, that murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner. — Oscar Wilde