Menahem Trent Quotes & Sayings

Working within the limits of the medium forces us to change our own limits. Improvisation is not breaking with forms and limitations just to be 'free,' but using them as the very means of transcending ourselves. — Stephen Nachmanovitch

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice. — Montesquieu

We should have a bond of sympathy for all sentient beings, knowing that only the depraved and base take pleasure in the sight of blood and suffering. — Seneca The Younger

I forgive myself for not being perfect. I am living the very best way I know how. — Louise Hay

Survival is your strength not your shame. — T. S. Eliot

Hey George, check this out. — Mira Grant

It was nearly a week before we returned. We found her waiting, and very hungry. She was full of affection; we had deceived her so often, broken faith with her, done so much to destroy her trust in us, yet she remained loyal. — Joy Adamson

Everybody seemed to like Skype except him, Tony thought, closing his office door then settling in front of his screen. His dislike was both personal and professional. Everybody looked weird on Skype. Everyone, frankly, looked like a potential patient. There was something very unsettling about that fish-eyed stare. Even people he liked looked deranged. From a professional perspective, the trouble was you could never see enough of the person you were in conversation with to gauge their body language. They might be giving off all sort of signals you'd be aware of in what his boss had taken to calling "F2F encounters," but the Skype interface could hide a multitude of clues. — Val McDermid

I have smuggled so many ingredients across so many borders, like shallot confit from Thailand, or a new sauce from New Orleans not approved by the FDA. — Blake Lively

Adulthood involves learning to conclusively bury a great many of our hopes. — Alain De Botton

Say, thou art mine; and ever, My love, as it begins, shall so persevere — William Shakespeare

I don't want to base my life on a symbol," he said resolutely. "I want reality, and the Christian faith has always been rooted in reality. What's not rooted in reality is the faith of liberal scholars. They're the ones who are following a pipe dream, but Christianity is not a pipe dream. — Gregory A. Boyd

There are stories to tell that are not songs. — Michka Assayas

I've always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances. — Manu Bennett

Wherever men have lived, there is a story to be told — Henry David Thoreau