Jeckeln Friedrich Quotes & Sayings

The least glimmering or shade of acting, in man or woman, is a sure motive of envy in the rest; and, if their malice can't persuade the town's-people into a dislike of their performance, they'll cruelly endeavor to taint their characters ... — Charlotte Charke

I'm cold as a razor blade, inches from madness. — Elton John

We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling. — Alexander Lowen

The biggest challenge in life is for the two hearts to live in peaceful co-existence — Hyde

Moral certainty can deafen people to any truth other than their own. — Geraldine Brooks

Litchat, however, is singleminded. Seemingly, it can only conceive of a writer's persona as one thing at a time: a prick, a detached brainiac, a suffering saint. Litchat is adamant, yes, and impervious to factual challenges, but that tends to be true of all strong opinions formed on a basis of incomplete and selective evidence. The weaker our footing, the more fiercely we defend it. We believe it not because it fits what we know - we know next to nothing, after all - but because we need to believe this particular thing at this particular time, regardless of what the truth may be. It suits our purposes to do so, and one of those purposes may be as flimsy as the desire to be excused from reading the books in question before telling the world what we think of them. — Laura Miller

Count 10 over him - he'll get up — Wilson Mizner

What, no more ceremony? See, my women! Against the blown rose may they stop their nose That kneel'd unto the buds. — William Shakespeare