Labitex Quotes & Sayings

Meaning does not interest me and has almost nothing to do with my decisions or judgments. — Jeff Wall

The time you spend grieving over a man should never exceed the amount of time you actually spent with him. — Rita Rudner

Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance. — James Madison

You can't see why anyone wouldn't want to wallow in the sheer beauty of language. — Peter Watts

When you are comparing, you are really not looking at the sunset which is there, but you are looking at it in order to compare it with something else. So comparison prevents you from looking fully. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

But who could agree with someone who was so certain you were going to be sober the day after tomorrow? — Malcolm Lowry

Every Christian should become an ambassador of Christ ... every Christian should be so intoxicated with Christ and so filled with holy fervor that nothing could ever quench his [passion] ... Let us capture some of the magnificent obsession that [the] early Christians had! — Billy Graham

Woodcourt: "Miss Summerson," said Mr. Woodcourt, "if without obtruding myself on your confidence I may remain near you, pray let me do so."
Esther: "You are truly kind," I answered. "I need wish to keep no secret of my own from you; if I keep any, it is another's."
Woodcourt: "I quite understand. Trust me, I will remain near you only so long as I can fully respect it."
Esther: "I trust implicitly to you," I said, "I know and deeply feel how sacredly you keep your promise." - pg.807 — Charles Dickens

Sleep is a vortex in your tales, swirling a person into deep places of their minds where consciousness is scared to tread. — Andrew Barger

People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to sit in the cross- legged position, or to attain enlightenment. It is difficult because it is hard to keep our mind pure and our practice pure in its fundamental sense. — Shunryu Suzuki

You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application. — Daley Thompson

When the Bennington was built, in 1872, it was said that the architect, who had descended from a long line of witches, fashioned the building on ancient occult principles so that it would always be a sort of magnet for the otherworldly. So as I said, don't pay any mind to the odd sounds or sights you might experience. It's just the Bennington, dear. — Libba Bray

We know that violent measures against religion are nonsense; but this is an opinion: as socialism grows, religion will disappear. Its disappearance must be done by social development, in which education must play a part. — Karl Marx

I am amazed at how being with him changes everything for me, socially speaking. — Cynthia Hand

And your brain doesn't naturally know how to think the way Zeckhauser knows how to play bridge. "for example," people do not react symmetrically to loss and gain. Well maybe a great bridge player like Zeckhauser does, but that's a trained response. Ordinary people, subconsciously affected by their inborn tendencies ... — Charlie Munger