Ilivid Quotes & Sayings

Beauty is assailed from two directions - by the cult of ugliness in the arts, and by the cult of utility in everyday life. — Roger Scruton

I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitute oneself. I prefer to be taken seriously for what I'm not, remaining humanly unknown, with naturalness and all due respect — Fernando Pessoa

And that pissed me all the way off. — Jana Deleon

He's probably into crazy shit like having sex with the lights on. — Jana Aston

Wouldn't it be wonderful if every home had good books instead of knick-knacks and plastic flowers on the bookshelves? And wouldn't it be great if every child heard good speech and received thoughtful answers to their questions instead of 'be quiet' or 'go to bed'? — Ernest L. Boyer

You have to take pains in a memoir not to hang on the reader's arm, like a drunk, and say, 'And then I did this and it was so interesting. — Annie Dillard

Are you demented, you stupid badger ? Is that your problem ? Or are you just an idiot ?"
"As to that, I ... Did you just call me a badger ?"
"A bastard. I called you a bastard. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips

God did not need to create the universe; he chose to create it. Why? God is love, and love is best expressed toward something or someone else - so God created the world and people as an expression of his love. We should avoid reducing God's creation to merely scientific terms. Remember that God created the universe because he loves us. — Anonymous

Everyone knows I'm a lash girl by now. When I don't have my lashes, I feel naked. — Nicki Minaj

School is so overwhelming - you can get lost in the idea that yes, you are going to be alone. — Tobias Segal

I have only a bare working knowledge of the human brain but it's enough to make me proud to be an American. — Don DeLillo