Ithax Quotes & Sayings

Decadence, decadence, he said to himself. They've lost everything and gained nothing. The French had merely daubed on the finishing touches at the end of a process which had begun five hundred years ago, at least. Their intuitive moral desires coincided with the ideals embodied in the formulas of their religion, yet they could live in accordance neither with those deepest impulses nor with the precepts of the religion, because society came in between with all the pressure of its tradition. No one could afford to be honest or generous or merciful because every one of them distrusted all the others; often they had more confidence in a Christian they were meeting for the first time than in a Moslem they had known for years. — Paul Bowles

Attention is the most powerful tool of the human spirit. We can enhance or augment our attention with practices like meditation and exercise, diffuse it with technologies like email and Blackberries, or alter it with pharmaceuticals. In the end, though, we are fully responsible for how we choose to use this extraordinary tool. — Linda Stone

I'm not going to be doing anything to hurt myself or my fans. — Becky G

One could get locked in by the Pulitzer, thinking, 'This is who I am.' Doors open with it, but doors in your mind could close. — Suzan-Lori Parks

You've made mistakes, yes. And I have no doubt, just as anyone who lives and breathes, that you will make many more in your life. But it doesn't change who you are deep down inside. — Morgan Rhodes

I find it amusing that I'm on the Internet now, because I've criticized it, but mainly I've criticized it on the basis of, 'What are you going to do with it?' — Ray Bradbury

I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre. — Pat Nixon

All books are merely delayed dust. — George Elliott Clarke

Look at somebody like Drake, the guy is one of the most vulnerable. He says exactly what's on his mind and that's why I respect him. — SonReal

When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of gold? — Horace

No matter how dark things become, someone is always with you - and that someone is God. He helps by giving you peace and a positive mental attitude. — Norman Vincent Peale

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times — Martin Luther