Perversidade Quotes & Sayings

Merely to be alone, not to be beaten or questioned, to have enough to eat, and to be clean all over, was completely satisfying. — George Orwell

Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse. — Pierre Corneille

What I so like about Poussin and Cezanne is their sense of organization. Ilike the way in which they develop space and shape in architecturalcontinuity - the rhythm across their paintings. When I paint a landscape, Iget the greatest pleasure out of composing it. As I paint, I try to work outa visual sonata form or a fugue, with realistic images. — Ian Hornak

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read. — Larry Winget

As in the experimental sciences, truth cannot be distinguished from error as long as firm principles have not been established through the rigorous observation of facts. — Louis Pasteur

Lenin in 1921 observed very presciently that motion pictures were the most powerful tool ever invented to shape the way we thought. He was right. Political films can be successful. — Charlton Heston

Disease is nothing else but an attempt on the part of the body to rid itself of morbific matter. — Thomas Sydenham

In 1952, when I was 15 and living on Governors Island, which was then First Army Headquarters, I encountered the newly-published 'The Catcher in the Rye.' Of course, that book became the iconic anti-establishment novel for my generation. — Lois Lowry

And after all I've done, I'm not sure the devil isn't coming after me. — Bill Lockwood

When things are bad, change is good, right? Change means things will get better. — N.K. Jemisin

You must be willing to be placed on the altar and go through the fire; willing to experience what the altar represents--burning, purification, and separation for only one purpose--the elimination of every desire and affection not grounded in or directed toward God. But you don't eliminate it, God does. — Oswald Chambers

Fathers, sons, brothers, men everywhere: Your legacy will not perish if you take your partner's surname, or she keeps hers. — Zoe Saldana