Incensier Quotes & Sayings

Famine isn't unique to humans. All species are subject to it everywhere in the world. When the population of any species outstrips its food resources, that population declines until it's once again in balance with its resources. Mother Culture says that humans should be exempt from that process, so when she finds a population that has outstripped its resources, she rushes in food from the outside, thus making it a certainty that there will be even more of them to starve in the next generation. Because the population is never allowed to decline to the point at which it can be supported by its own resources, famine becomes a chronic feature of their lives. — Daniel Quinn

Things which had at first felt like signs, if I analysed them for too long, ended up feeling like the movements of my own reflection in dark glass. — Olivia Sudjic

Things imagined are as real as things seen. — Marty Rubin

Part of creating is understanding that there is always more to do; nothing is ever completely finished. — Rachel Lambert Mellon

If I go to Italy, I will certainly request to meet with Pope Francis, whom I admire very much. — Jimmy Carter

Even where there is talent, culture, knowledge, if there is not earnestness, it does not go to the root of things. — James Freeman Clarke

When it's raining you can't find enough things to catch it in. When it's not you can stand out in the middle of the street in a dress and a funny hat and nothing's gonna make it rain. I go through periods - or spells - when I'm more receptive. — Tom Waits

I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course. — Billy Graham

Then I usually leave the choice of the second assistant director and any other assistant directors to the first assistant director, who will choose because he or she is responsible for the conduct and the efficiency of the second assistant directors. — John Frankenheimer

Once your name gets out, people just want to crack you. — Freddy Adu

There's evil in the world, all right. Being aware of it makes you a realist, not a paranoid. — Dean Koontz

I think men know to seduce women though words and conversation and nice gestures. That's much sexier than when a man uses muscle. — Donatella Versace

If I could get that girl to publish her poetry, the world would change. (On Courtney Love) — Kurt Cobain

Writing is my form of celebration and prayer. — Diane Ackerman

It's no different from losing a loved one," he said. "You grieve, but then you have no choice but to go on living your life. You find a way to be happy again. It's not impossible. You just have to decide when you're ready to accept that they're gone. — Julianne MacLean