Hierosolyma Capiuntur Quotes & Sayings

[I]t would be a niceness that was enforced leniently, patiently and gracefully, with the sort of unflappable self-certainty [they] couldn't help displaying when all its statistics proved that it really was doing the right thing. — Iain M. Banks

'Homeland' was a sensation out of the gate in 2011, gathering acclaim and sweeping up Emmys, and the reason such shows are so overrated is because, unlike with other forms of popular art, success in TV is measured almost purely by how obsessive we become. — Steve Erickson

And here's the amazing thing: Now it was. — Jennifer E. Smith

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening. — Leo Tolstoy

Dogs invite us not only to share their joy but also to live in the moment, where we are neither proceeding from nor moving toward, where the enchantment of the past and future cannot distract us, where a freedom from practical desire and a cessation of our usual ceaseless action allows us to recognize the truth of our existence, the reality of our world and purpose-if we dare. — Dean Koontz

Such beautiful scarlet hair ... Why don't we call you 'Erza Scarlet'? It's the color of your hair, that way, I won't forget it!
-Jellal Fernandes — Hiro Mashima

If I can't be sure of the actual events any more, I can at least be true to the impressions those facts left. — Julian Barnes

I think that a sense of humor of an actor comes through most of the time. Maybe some actors have less than others, and I have it, I think. It's my nature. — Isabelle Huppert

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable. — Rudy Rucker

You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it. — Liz Phair

However, I must disagree with you very strongly that providing ordinary and reasonable care in any way constitutes coddling, and I have always found that deprivation and hardship, when necessary, can be better endured by men who have not been subjected to them previously for no cause. — Naomi Novik

The real boss in the family is my wife. She didn't want me hanging around the house all day and said, 'You don't want to retire; you'll regret it.' So I listened to her. — Bill Gross

Of the widow's countless death-duties there is really just one that matters: on the first anniversary of her husband's death the widow should think I kept myself alive. — Joyce Carol Oates

I've become totally hooked on Cellex-C. It's an anti-ageing serum and is fantastic. I use it morning and evening and even on my hands, where it has faded those dark spots. — Joan Collins

When people come over to my house for dinner, I always have a vegetarian option. They can make do, or they can **** off! — Jimmy Carr