Holzner Files Quotes & Sayings

Contradiction. In the rational realm, the word was a blistering condemnation. Proof of flawed logic. To expose it in an adversary's position was akin to delivering a deathblow, and she well recalled the triumphant gleam in his eyes in the instant he struck. But, she wondered now, where was the crime in that most human of capacities: to carry in one's heart a contradiction, to leave it unchallenged, immune to reconciliation; indeed, to be two people at once, each true to herself, and neither denying the presence of the other? What vast laws of cosmology were broken by this human talent? Did the universe split asunder? Did reality lose its way? — Steven Erikson

I learned that the best way to take all people, black or white, is to take them for what they think they are, then leave them alone. That was when I realised that a nigger is not a person so much as a form of behavior; a sort of obverse reflection of the white people he lives among. — William Faulkner

Love reasons without reason. — William Shakespeare

A part of me still says, 'Maybe, Denzel, you're supposed to preach. Maybe you're still compromising.' I've had an opportunity to play great men and, through their words, to preach. I take what talent I've been given seriously, and I want to use it for good. — Denzel Washington

Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives. — Lester Bangs

Every Communist is in fact liable at any moment to have to alter his most fundamental convictions, or leave the party. The unquestionable dogma of Monday may become the damnable heresy of Tuesday, and so on. — George Orwell

When we first started the company, I didn't have any thoughts of franchising. We just had company-owned stores. — Fred DeLuca

I know a lot of people think L.A. and they see a picture in their head, but those people obviously don't know me, because I sit on a couch every day. That's my idea of a good time - just being in a sweat suit. — Hayley Williams

I don't want to know what happens in any movie that I go to see. — David Duchovny

You cannot have Jesus' rescue without accepting His rule. — Timothy Keller

I just feel like even the ugliest truth feels a whole lot better than carrying around the weight of lies. — Ginger Scott