Jadallah Le Quotes & Sayings

Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity — Vance Havner

There is no shame in black beauty, — Lupita Nyong'o

Jack. [After some hesitation.] I know nothing, Lady Bracknell. Lady Bracknell. I am pleased to hear it. I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square. — Oscar Wilde

It's the false moral component behind blind animal love that so frosts me. The faulty logic that believes that the capacity to adore a nonhuman creature is somehow a purer form of love. — David Rakoff

I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and political. — Alan Dershowitz

'Ugly Betty' has opened my eyes to the world of fashion journalism - I'm looking forward to going to college for that. Until then, I don't know. Will I appear on 'Glee?' — Mark Indelicato

Life is not about receiving. It is about giving, knowing that someone might learn, understand or grow that little bit from the experience — Peter Ellis

Do I believe in helping people? he wondered. He might help people, he might not help them, he did not know beforehand, anything was possible. He did not seem to have a belief, or did not seem to have a belief regarding help. Perhaps I am the stony ground, he thought. — J.M. Coetzee

The discovery of useful forms is precious. Once found, they should never be abandoned for trivial reasons. It's easy to imagine today's art instructor cautioning Chopin that the Mazurka thing is getting a little repetitive, that the work is not progressing. Well, true, it may not have been progressing - but that's not the issue. Writing Mazurkas may have been useful only to Chopin - as a vehicle for getting back into the work, and as a place to begin making the next piece. For most artists, making good art depends upon making lots of art, and any device that carries the first brushstroke to the next blank canvas has tangible, practical value. Only — David Bayles

I'm still James Johnson. Rick James is a stage name. James Johnson keeps Rick James on the ground ... Kind of sort of. — Rick James

Love is maintain'd by wealth: when all is spent,
Adversity then breeds the discontent. — Robert Herrick