Jannisary Quotes & Sayings

Just as the unmusical ear is not competent to judge music, so it is likewise with pictures, whether they are paintings, drawings or photos. Only a sensitive and trained eye gives us the right to judge ... — Josef Albers

The government here is entirely in the hands of the army. The Grand Signor [Ottoman Sultan], with all his absolute power, is as much a slave as any of his subjects, and trembles at a janissary's frown. — Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Promises are just promises, made to be broken if they are built on lies. Not — Kat T. Masen

- and you'll remember, when they ask you your religion, that you're a Cath'lic. Better say Roman Cath'lic, tho' I'm not fond of the word. — Rudyard Kipling

The kundalini rises and the kundalini is hot, it's a hot energy. Sometimes you feel it cascading up your spine, and it's kind of searing or it's tingling, it almost feels sexual. — Frederick Lenz

Your old grade book is a waste of space and time. Don't hesitate; just throw it Out. — Starr Sackstein

Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character.
The Speed of Dark — Elizabeth Moon

I remember a Q&A I did in Wales where there were five people in the auditorium. — Lenny Abrahamson

To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and to live with our friends as if they may some time become our enemies, is not a moral but a political maxim — Thomas Paine

Like anybody, you have moments when you question yourself and you're insecure. — Andie MacDowell

I was not, and am not, officially a producer of that film [I am love] but the work of what a producer does I learned at that stage and to a certain extent I've been a producer ever since. — Tilda Swinton