Patrick Claiborne Quotes & Sayings

Odd arrangements and funny solutions are the proof of evolution - paths that a sensible God would never tread but that a natural process, constrained by history, follows perforce. — Stephen Jay Gould

Therefore learn how to see and not to gape.
To act instead of talking all day long.
The world was almost won by such an ape!
The nations put him where his kind belong.
But don't rejoice too soon at your escape -
The womb he crawled from is still going strong. — Bertolt Brecht

As you go through life you realize that the love that you have for the people in your life and their love for you is all that matters. It's really about how you regard them and how they regard you. — Gwyneth Paltrow

The self-fulfilled woman is far from reality. — Anita Brookner

There was something special about being in a strange place, all alone in a mass of people even if you had just screwed up your life, or perhaps especially if you had just screwed up your life. — Louis Sachar

Americans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies - but dramatically, we don't really try to do it. — James Gray

Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism. They'll kill for racism but they won't die for racism. — Florynce Kennedy