Luxenberg Quotes & Sayings

I wonder if it's only me who hates wishes. If there are other people who think wishes are thoughts that hurt. — Sue Wallman

Sometimes silence resolves a conversation confused by Mad Misconstruction. — Hugh Leonard

We have been trained by a culture of violence and we are all agents of passive violence. — Bryant McGill

After more than two thousand miles on the [Appalachian] trail, you can expect to undergo some personality changes. A heightened affinity for nature infiltrates your life. Greater inner peace. Enhanced self-esteem. A quiet confidence that if I could do that, I can do and should do whatever I really want to do. More appreciation for what you have and less desire to acquire what you don't. A childlike zest for living life to the fullest. A refusal to be embarrassed about having fun. A renewed faith in the essential goodness of humankind. And a determination to repay others for the many kindnesses you have received. — Larry Luxenberg

Just observe the nation that is defended by devoted patriots. The patriots fall in bloody battle or in the fight with hunger and want; what does the nation care for that? By the manure of their corpses the nation comes to "its bloom"! The individuals have died "for the great cause of the nation," and the nation sends some words of thanks after them and - has the profit of it. I call that a paying kind of egoism. — Max Stirner

it's amazing how you can speak right to my heart — Lori Nelson Spielman

When I'm writing a play I hear it like music. I use the same indications that a composer does for duration. There's a difference, I tell my students, between a semi-colon and a period. A difference in duration. And we have all these wonderful things, we use commas and underlining and all the wonderful punctuation things we can use in the same way a composer uses them in music. And we can indicate, as specifically as a composer, the way we want our piece to sound. — Edward Albee

Men of great ambition have sought happiness . . . and have found fame. — Napoleon Bonaparte

One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be the impression you get from reading his books. — Sara Zarr

Secrets, I've discovered, have a way of working free of their keepers. — Steve Luxenberg

Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith. — John Wesley

Michael Giacchino is a fiercely creative musical mind and a true 'Jurassic Park' fan. — Colin Trevorrow

... You don't want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have a lot of bests of times, each one topping the last. You know? — Sarah Dessen

As Luxenberg's work has only recently been published we must await its scholarly assessment before we can pass any judgements. But if his analysis is correct then suicide bombers, or rather prospective martyrs, would do well to abandon their culture of death, and instead concentrate on getting laid 72 times in this world, unless of course they would really prefer chilled or white raisins, according to their taste, in the next. — Ibn Warraq