Lewisham Local Quotes & Sayings

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense. — Ben Nicholson

Science has the cold facts, but lacks religion's social organization and ability to inspire that moves people to act. — Ann Druyan

Wisdom comes from the internalization and reflection of experience. — Debasish Mridha

Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen. — Marianne Williamson

Moreover, since it is in the nature of tastes to differ, how can a standard erected by one person's taste be used to cast judgement on another's? How, for example, can we pretend that one type of music is superior or inferior to another when comparative judgements merely reflect the taste of the one who makes them? — Roger Scruton

I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent. — Lauren Bacall

If you eat healthily most of the time you can afford to indulge yourself occasionally, but if you eat nothing but junk, you'll end up not being able to run for a bus without huffing like a steam train. (The only drawback to being super-fit is that centring your life around your quinoa intake and yoga classes often results in an overdose of smugness which may cause your social circle to shrink.) — Rosie Blythe

It isn't success after all, is it, if it isn't an expression of your deepest energies? — Marilyn French