Istack Quotes & Sayings

The church may update its techniques and methods, but it is always in service of the institutional organism. This is one of the reasons why the pedophile priest issue is and will remain an endemic disease in the Catholic Church. — Darrel Ray

I'll do what I can to promote the greater good. If you can harm one person to save 1,000, I'm gonna do it every f**king time. — Sean Patrick Flanery

Imma walk that shit off, Yo! - Eliot Watts — Michael A. Wood Jr.

A lot of first-time filmmakers are almost apologizing for their movie by saying, 'Well, we only had 18 days to shoot, you know.' — Mark Waters

That man,' Elayne said, 'is never where he needs to be.'
'And yet,' Perrin said, 'he always arrives there eventually. — Robert Jordan

It's that you are having a mental conversation with all the forces that could be watching you and condemning you for your nose-picking (potential or actual) - even though rationally you know that no one can see you. That's the panopticon. — E. Lockhart

In any film there's always a historical implication. — Oliver Stone

Love embraces the totality of the other person. It is impossible to completely and effectively love someone without being included in that other person's history. Our history has made us who we are. The images, scars, and victories that we live with have shaped us into the people we have become. We will never know who a person is until we understand where they have been. The secret of being transformed from a vulnerable victim to a victorious, loving person is found in the ability to open your past to someone responsible enough to share your weaknesses and pains. "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ" (Gal. 6:2). You don't have to keep reliving it. You can release it. — T.D. Jakes

Ash Wednesday is full of joy ... The source of all sorrow is the illusion that of ourselves we are anything but dust. — Thomas Merton

You arrogant little snot (John Hammond) — Michael Crichton

I am very friendly with lots of people in rock'n'roll, because I spent so much time with them over the years through Mick's work. — Jerry Hall

The "great tradition" does not brook even the possibility of libidinal gratification between the pages as an end in itself, and FR Leavis's "eat up your broccoli" approach to fiction emphasises this junkfood/wholefood dichotomy. — F.R. Leavis

Stronger than iron crueler than death sweeter than springtime it lives beyond breath — Juliet Marillier

Far too often we've let humanity become a commodity that serves us along the way, rather than an asset that enriches our journey. — Craig D. Lounsbrough