Mayerhofer Quotes & Sayings

I hope that I state your case fairly: One of my great fears is misrepresenting you, even to myself, now that you are not here to set me right. The truth is that you did not believe in idealism. All love was suspect; even a saint's was just differed self-interest. And it was impossible to argue without sounding either sentimental or naive. Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary. And you studied early to disguise your childhood pain. But it is not universal. — Michael Arditti

I love the tabloids except for when I'm in 'em. — Johnny Knoxville

It is always those closest to us who can cut us the deepest. — Ross Turner

What is marriage but the renunciation of unchastity? The savage does not marry. Man marries because he renounces. — Swami Vivekananda

There was something pretentious about politics when it was taken to extremes. — Orhan Pamuk

She was the most beautiful woman I'd ever known. It was the beauty of a desert at dawn: a loveliness that filled my eyes, and crushed me into silent, unbreathing awe. — Gregory David Roberts

Each time is true, but the truths are not the same. — Alan Lightman

There is an enduring freshness in what remains strange and obscure which the cliches of greatness can only evoke nostalgia for. — Bauvard

Selfless giving presupposes something - that there is a lumunious reality. — Frederick Lenz