Le Magnifique Quotes & Sayings

I think the common experience is that modern shamans are called by the spirits; we just don't have a collective belief system or community that recognizes the calling for what it is. — S. Kelley Harrell

A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity. — Frederick Douglass

I knew the mass of men conceal'd Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd They would by other men be met With blank indifference. — Matthew Arnold

A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste. — Whitney Balliett

Human beings are just machines, Petra knew that, machines that do what you want them to do, if you only know the levers to pull. And no matter how complex people might seem, if you just cut them off from the network of people who give shape to their personality, the communities that form their identity, they'll be reduced to that set of levers. Doesn't matter how hard they resist, or how well they know they're being manipulated. Eventually, if you take the time, you can play the like a piano, every note right where you expect it. — Orson Scott Card

There are six-million shots in the game of pool. — Albert Einstein

I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you! — Patrick Stewart

Restrain yourself ... and gloat in silence. I'll have no jubilation here. It is an impious thing to exult over the slain. — Homer

Life is too short to hold back, so live It as if It's not guaranteed. — Queen Of Spades

The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions from the array of facts of the past which their expert assistants bring to them, they have a vision of the future. — Mary Parker Follett

You have to discover how best you can manage your time to carry out your work effectively — Sunday Adelaja

Each song is a lifetime, it begins and ends, and there's a journey taken within the songs. — Leif Garrett

If we fix our economic system and invest in the human capital of the poor, then we should welcome every new person born as a source of betterment for our world and all of us on it. — Ramez Naam