Neminem Fugit Quotes & Sayings

But seriously, I believe I'm a sort of Ideal Woman, if you know what I mean. I'm the sort of woman who can take men away from their wives, but I could never keep anybody for long. And that's because I'm the type which every man imagines he wants, until he gets me; and then he finds he doesn't really, after all. — Christopher Isherwood

There is order in the universe, even though it looks like chaos. We separate the world into categories: this is good and this is bad. But life is set up to trick us. It's a series of illusions we invest in. And ultimately those investments don't serve our understanding, because physicality is always going to let you down, because physicality doesn't last. — Madonna Ciccone

It isn't you,' he says, as though you're to be comforted by the irrelevant role you play in your own life. — Melissa Bank

George W. Bush said, "It will take time to restore chaos." Brent was about to confront Bush's creation head on. — Kenneth Eade

The Book put forth the theory that what a person envisions is what a person attracts, so that if you envision loss, despair, loneliness, etc., that is indeed what will befall you. The Book also claimed that all of us lie to ourselves all the time, so why not tell positive lies - known as "affirmations" - instead of negative ones? — Stephanie Kallos

Adventures are what happens when an event is flawed, a mark of imperfection. — Kij Johnson

The conservatives want to rule man's consciousness; the liberals, his body. — Ayn Rand

I surrendered to India, as I did every day, then, and as I still do, every day of my life, no matter where I am in the world. — Gregory David Roberts

An ardent temperament makes one very vulnerable to dreamkillers. — Kay Redfield Jamison