Pantagruel And Gargantua Quotes & Sayings

Gargantua, at the age of four hundred four score and forty- four years begat his son Pantagruel, from his wife, named Badebec, daughter of the King of the Amaurotes in Utopia, who died in child-birth: because he was marvelously huge and so heavy that he could not come to light without suffocating his mother. — Francois Rabelais

She bent her chin to her chest. She mumbled something I did not catch. It sounded like, Shame on us all for not having stopped it. — Tatiana De Rosnay

But 'true wisdom is such that no evil use can ever be made of it.' That is worth our pondering because we, more than any previous generation, are witnessing the evil effects of perverted knowledge, knowledge not essentially connected to goodness. ... No other generation has been so successful at using its technological knowledge in order to manipulate the world and satisfy its own appetites. (pg. 96) — Ellen F. Davis

It's stupid to expect perfection from bands because afterall they're just human beings. — Neil Young

Your ideas about right and wrong are just that-ideas. They are the thoughts which form the shape and create the substance of Who You Are. There would be only one reason to change any of these; only one purpose in making an alteration: if you are not happy with Who You Are. — Neale Donald Walsch

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities. — Jesse Jackson

For the collection, I am like a painter or a writer. I may or may not be a character in my own story. — Sonia Rykiel

I consider anybody who has been able to make a living in this business [movie business] without having to do something else for a living for any period of time let alone 43 years would be a miracle. — Richard Masur

My little blurb wasn't going to win me any speaker-of-the-year awards, but at least I hadn't tripped and fallen off the stage, crushing and killing three elderly jazz fans. — Jordan Sonnenblick

We're all forced to lead many lives simultaneously. We do it out of necessity, not choice. We don't make a virtue of it. — Ashok Ferrey