Nolland Quotes & Sayings

Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a formal condition of the epic form. And those taught that they deserve nothing rightly enjoy it when they succeed in terms the culture understands. — Zadie Smith

The funny thing is that the studio that we recorded in was the same studio that Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole used to warm up their voices in before they went across the street to CBS Radio. The owner has preserved it exactly the way it was in 1925. It was such a perfect coincidence that we were doing music inspired by that stuff in that room. It was incredible. — Hamilton Leithauser

You may be cool under pressure and challenge, but can you be cool under success? — Robert Holden

I think one of the serious breakdowns in modern evangelism is this: it has offered too much for too little. What we do mostly is offer forgiveness. We need cleansing! There is no true conversion until a man takes up his cross. — Leonard Ravenhill

Believe reality is what you were taught was myth. — Nicholas A. McGirr

It's a community event. Community events create strong communities, and a strong community is a healthy community. A healthy community is a happy community. — Sandy Smith

Now the truth is, a president really can't control the economy, although his policies do have some effect on it. — Paul Weyrich

Nothing is as heady as the wine of misfortune. — Honore De Balzac

A Jonas Brother won't change into a Dnepropetrovsk maniac when turned, but no matter what a swell person one was before, they WILL need human blood for sustenance. — Marc Hendriks