Modernly Quotes & Sayings

We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Anyone who still feels today that he has to lead a double life because he's gay is driven by a fear that I think is unfounded. — Jens Spahn

I can tell from the tone of his voice and the thought processes in getting to where he's at that there's no point in talking to him further. He wanted to make that decision independent of all other factors and we respect that. [on Damien Martyn retiring — Ian Chappell

Everyone, no matter how historically famous or modernly praised, has no idea about the ultimate truth of what it means to be human. — Chris Matakas

Be indifferent if you lose your short term clients, remember they are your own worst enemy — Seth Klarman

The beauty of life, is that you don't have to be modernly beautiful to live it. — C.S. Lewis

I've been interested in autism since I've known about it, which is more or less since I've been writing. — William Gibson

An intelligent man said that the world felt Napoleon as a weight, and that when he died it would give a great oof of relief. This is just as true of Byron, or of such Byrons of their days as Kipling and Hemingway: after a generation or two the world is tired of being their pedestal, shakes them of with an oof, and then hoisting onto its back a new world-figure feels the penetrating satisfaction of having made a mistake all its own. — Randall Jarrell

ING is ending for something which continue and continue...
So Morning - Continue - Start
AfterNoon - The Middle - Almost finish
Night - The ENd - Finish — Deyth Banger

Although not always simultaneous in taking effect, nor necessarily at all equal in voltage, the process of love is rarely unilateral. When the moment comes, a secret attachment is often returned with interest. Some know this by instinct; others learn in a hard school. — Anthony Powell

Human beings are not black and white. — Hugh Panaro

I love documentaries. It's actually my favorite medium of film. — Jamie Bell

Her statue, glorious in majesty,
Stood naked, floating on a vasty sea,
And from the navel down there were a mass
Of green and glittering waves as bright as glass.
In her right hand a cithern carried she
And on her head, most beautiful to see,
A garland of fresh roses, while above
There circles round her many a flickering dove. — Geoffrey Chaucer

Never believed in demons or monsters lurking under my bed. But lately I've started to wonder if evil hasn't in fact infiltrated this world, slithering streets and sidewalks, wearing what- ever disguise suits its immediate purpose. When a choirboy is molested, is it by the devil in a priest costume? Or does Satan play a more clever game to get what he wants? To win the contest, accomplish his goals, might the prince of hatred mask himself as love? — Ellen Hopkins

Existing sucks living is the ride of your life. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

Commissioning a study of a thousand pages may jeopardize a certain project efficiently. — Eraldo Banovac