Maudies North Quotes & Sayings

But this laughter is the reason why the Tuscans invented science and the clear Tuscan drawing in their cool paintings; laughter means distance. Conversely: where laughter is absent, madness begins. Every time I've had a chance to observe an outbreak of psychosis or a first-rate clinical anxiety neurosis the signal has been given in the absence of humor - the moment one takes the world with complete seriousness one is potentially insane. The whole art of learning to live means holding fast to laughter; without laughter the world is a torture chamber, a dark place where dark things will happen to us, a horror show filled with bloody deeds of violence. — Jens Bjorneboe

There's zero correlation between owning music and being a greater music lover or musician than the next person. — Erol Alkan

Was I happy? Or was I just not aware? — Philip Seymour Hoffman

I have a different idea of what bravery is."
"What-complaisance?"
"In a sense. Acceptance, resiliency. How strong must one be to throw a temper tantrum?"
"Is that what you'd call this? You and your people storm our homeland, take us all prisoner and any form of resistance is a temper tantrum in your eyes?"
He pondered this for a moment, his freckled nose crinkling.
"Yes. — Cayla Kluver

The stupid snack tray did not have power steering. — Rick Riordan

Paul LePage has become a terrible embarrassment to the state I live in and love. If he won't govern, he should resign. — Stephen King

My career is a burden, but I can't just fade out like a pathetic sore loser. More often than not, I'm just making a fool of myself for the hundredth time, and that wasn't part of the plan, initially. I'd be happier not having any kind of public presence whatsoever and just hiding behind the sleeves of the CD. — Ariel Pink

Fuck," Dietrich breathed. "I'm a bad motherfucker, and I mean I'm pretty fucked up in the head sometimes, but I want some of what the twins got going between them. That shit right there, was beast." -Dietrich Johnson — Tigris Eden

Just remember ... it doesn't matter how long you have known each other.. all that matters is that he has kept you smiling from day one — Cassie Ventura

A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love. — Franz Grillparzer

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting. — Shirley Chisholm

I feel a freedom when I start running. If I don't train, I feel like everyone else in the Gaza Strip. — Nader Al-Masri