Larisse Brown Quotes & Sayings

Under no circumstances are you to butter your entire roll and, my God!" she cried suddenly, switching Lan's hand three times in rapid succession. "Never lick your knife!" "Ouch! Fine! Buggering fuck! Leave off with that beshitted thing!" The dead woman let out a sound like the chirping of a bird, staring at her with an indignation that was nearly horror. "Ladies," she sputtered at last. "Ladies do not say bugger or fuck!" "But beshitted's all right?" Lan asked cautiously. "No, it is not!" "You know, I may not be as mannered-up as you are, but in Norwood, it's rude to yell at the table. — R. Lee Smith

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living — Emily Bronte

Think that the whole voyeuristic attitude of filmmakers or of me personally - of shooting documentaries and so forth - is an important issue. And it was an important issue to me, personally. And the whole question of when - when do you put the camera down or when do you keep shooting to get the shot. And a number of times in my life I've had that question hit me very hard. — Haskell Wexler

War at home is matched by a war on youth. I wrote about this recently. Young people graduate with an average of $23,000 in student loan debt, and they are the ones saddled with it. Youth have become indentured servants and that turns them away from public service. — Henry Giroux

The first view I got of Suci was her prodigious backside. — Elizabeth Kolbert

Racism keeps people who are being managed from finding out the truth through contact with each other. — Shirley Chisholm

I actually wanted to be a forensic scientist for a while. When I was doing my Standard Grades, three of them were science subjects. The interest in science didn't wear off, but I found other interests. — Emun Elliott

If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how can they demand such conduct from others? — Confucius

It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast. — Jeri Ryan

One great building does not make a great city. — Thomas Heatherwick

Our food is a sign of what we've lost in general. I think if we could start slowing down for food, and rebuilding the quality of our plates, we could start rebuilding what we've lost in our culture. As my boss says, culture starts in the kitchen, not in the opera house. — Rod Dreher

Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn. — Harry Browne

and the book was closed, and the charm was broken. Then, — Jane Austen

My wife's a lot younger than me ... thirty years difference ... You should never marry a woman a lot younger than you ... Never ... — Patrick Modiano