Nawaday Quotes & Sayings

He that say madness isn't contagious
has never spent his whole childhood locked up
in a room without doors or windows where the grown-ups
lie chained together in their straitjackets
after having tried to scratch each others eyes out and
day and night planned to tear each other apart — Claes Andersson

To have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God. — Soren Kierkegaard

The fascinated loathing which he (Jean Lorrain) cultivated for the decadence of fin de siecle Paris has a good deal of envy and ardent desire in it; in the words of Hubert Juin, he 'loved his epoch to the point of detestation.'

(Introduction: "The Life And Career Of Jean Lorrain) — Francis Amery

If we assume, however, that the desire to achieve optimal experience is the foremost goal of every human being, the difficulties of interpretation raised by cultural relativism become less severe. Each social system can then be evaluated in terms of how much psychic entropy it causes, measuring that disorder not with reference to the ideal order of one or another belief system, but with reference to the goals of the members of that society. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you. — P. J. O'Rourke

It's good to follow your dreams, but it doesn't always work out and then you have to know when to stop. And that's tough." He traced a finger lightly over the painting before hanging it once again in its place on the wall. "Dad, did you stop dreaming?" He nodded slowly. "But it was much easier for me." "Why? What did you want to be?" He straightened the painting. "A Jedi Knight." That — David Solomons

You need to remind people that you vote, you matter, and that they can't succeed without your help. — Richard Hanna

Happy the man who from the sea escapes the storm and finds harbor. — Euripides

How long the thick dark clouds can prevent the truth from shining? The truth is an arrow that can pass through any shield! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter. — Barney Oliver

Just believe in yourself and work really hard. And when doors open, take advantage of every opportunity you can. — Chris Tucker