Phoques Quotes & Sayings

A Way Out
Do you know what it is like to lie in bed awake;
with thoughts to haunt you every night, of all your past mistakes.
Knowing sleep will set it right - if you were not to wake. — Lang Leav

The more I think about myself, the more I'm persuaded that, as a person, I really don't exist. That is one of the reasons why I can't believe in any orthodox religion: I cannot believe in my own soul. No, I am a chemical compound, conditioned by environment and education. My "character" is simply a repertoire of acquired tricks, my conversation a repertoire of adaptations and echoes, my "feelings" are dictated by purely physical, external stimuli. — Christopher Isherwood

I drive girls crazy because I might call them 20 times in one day and then the next day not once. — Lapo Elkann

My son youngest son David's favorite song - he plays guitar - and he likes "Devil Pray." That's his favorite. — Madonna Ciccone

At the moment, the general perception ... is that the United States is an unreliable friend and a harmless enemy. — Bernard Lewis

God has a way of making the most miserable things ... Beauti ful. — Gianna Jessen

Chauvet Cave is rather like the awakening of the modern human soul or I would say the awakening of modern human culture. Because Neanderthal men who still rode the landscape parallel to the people who did these paintings didn't have culture. There's no evidence of culture, no symbolic depiction, no evidence of music, no evidence of sculptures, no evidence of religious beliefs. — Werner Herzog

If they can kill," Gavril said, "they can drink. — Brian McClellan

My idea of gambling was walking through Central Park, whistling show tunes. — Tommy Tune

[Here's where you imagine the rest.] — D. A. Powell

Couples stray," said Edgar. "Part of the breaking-in process."
"Not breaking in, breaking." Nicola differed sharply. "You can glue people together again. But then your relationship's like any other repaired object, with cracks, blobs of epoxy, a little askew. It's never the same. I can see you haven't a notion what I'm on about, so you'll have to take my word for it."
"Christ, you're a babe in the woods." Edgar stopped slicing tomatoes. "You got it ass-backward. A marriage perched like porcelain on the mantelpiece is doomed. Sooner or later grown-ups treat each other like shit. You gotta be able to kick the thing around, less like china than an old shoe - bam, under the bed, or walk it through some puddles. No love's gonna last it if can't take abuse. — Lionel Shriver

Truth is to the moral world what gravitation is to the material. — William M. Evarts

The goal of life is to take everything that made you weird as a kid and get people to pay you money for it when you're older. — David Freeman

Only death can cure the hip dilettante. — Gilbert Sorrentino

When we tap into our creativity, we experience a sense of strength and well-being. — JuliaCameron