Joakim Brod N Quotes & Sayings

Art's greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature. — Honore De Balzac

The world of enlightenment, and that which creates enlightenment, is much different than what most people would think. Most people have Hallmark Card descriptions of what creates enlightenment. And if their descriptions were correct, then everyone who is in religious practice would be enlightened. — Frederick Lenz

She's everything I wanted when I was young and everything I distrust now that I'm not. — Walter Kirn

He was a strange mixture of good and bad, of luxury and industry, courtesy and arrogance. In leisure he was self-indulgent, but full of vigour on service. His outward behaviour was praiseworthy, though ill was spoken of his private life. — Tacitus

Nothing is as it should be. Everything is upside down.

But I know I can fix this. I can do it. — Dexter Palmer

Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration. — Baltasar Gracian

People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along? — Rodney King

As such, anything is always possible, even if your protagonist is a plumber. But it's the possibility, the limitless possibilities, of any fake life, that make writing about it so challenging. — Heidi Julavits

Life is beautiful but people are crazy. — Charles Osgood

I have not changed my opinion that the Holocaust is a trauma of European civilization. — Imre Kertesz

Sometimes you read a script and it's like, "You'll improv and this is just a blueprint of what the scene could be," and that's never a good sign. And it's never encouraging as an actor to take that on, really. — Paul Rudd

I liked science very much. A science teacher in high school inspired me, and because of him, I began studying science at the university. But when I got there ... well, the subject still attracted me a lot, but I had to do all these exams, and it was just like working in an office. I couldn't stand that. — Theo Jansen

February was sobbing and blustering its lachrymose way into March, when she received a letter from the Dean. — Dorothy L. Sayers

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going. — Shania Twain